People · Chinese Taipei
Yen Chu (朱妍)
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024CHUY01
Yen Chu (朱妍) has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.81, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026, puts her in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in Chinese Taipei. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, she has put 63 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.34 in September 2024 to 10.81, a 30% improvement. Yen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.81 | 13.15 | top 9.9% | 596 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 47.84 | 1:00.30 | top 21.9% | 441 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 9.09 | top 23.3% | 340 / 1,016 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.58 | 1:39.69 | top 25.9% | 151 / 362 | |
| 2×2 | 4.31 | 5.54 | top 30.5% | 740 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 9.93 | top 40.2% | 372 / 699 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.36 | 34.68 | top 49.8% | 574 / 802 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024. A 15.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.
- Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Darwin Caius Wong Okyere — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Koh Fu Yuan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.84 away.
Targets move as she improves.