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Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平)

3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010XIAO01

Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.32, set at Taiwan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 101st in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 65 competitions since February 2010, he has put 2,853 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.19 in February 2010 to 7.32, a 48% improvement. He has entered 65 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time
7.32
signature single · Taiwan Championship 2024
2,853
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×37.329.07
top 1.7%101 / 4,369
Pyraminx2.555.03
top 2.3%38 / 1,017
Square-17.7412.23
top 2.7%10 / 323
5×558.861:05.27
top 5.0%76 / 640
Skewb3.015.69
top 5.0%52 / 700
4×433.2237.28
top 5.2%138 / 1,079
3×3 one-handed13.4515.90
top 5.2%60 / 805
Clock5.526.33
top 5.8%25 / 370
2×22.183.19
top 6.1%158 / 1,671
6×62:00.952:08.18
top 11.4%66 / 293
7×73:09.933:25.53
top 13.3%68 / 252
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves38.67
top 14.8%28 / 205
Megaminx1:09.851:18.68
top 15.5%88 / 363

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

Taiwan Winter Open 2010: 14.19Cubik Box Cup 2011: 12.00Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 10.37Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 10.71Magic Revenge 2015: 12.36Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015: 10.95Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016: 10.68Maru Cube Day 2017: 9.08Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017: 10.40CK Cubing Party 2018: 9.37Maru X 2018: 9.78Taipei Winter Open 2018: 8.37Taiwan Championship 2018: 9.49Taipei Peace Open 2019: 9.79Taichung Cubing Open 2019: 9.55Zhuyuangang Open 2019: 9.54Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019: 9.24Maru Cube Day 2019: 10.00Dream One Cube Open 2019: 9.76Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 9.59Taiwan Championship 2019: 8.48Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 9.92Taiwan Championship 2020: 10.31Maru Cube Day 2021: 10.16Welcome Back Taipei 2021: 9.75Taiwan Open 2022: 10.22Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022: 9.96CK Cubing Party 2022: 9.08Chiayi Open 2022: 9.29Maru Cube Day 2022: 8.68Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022: 9.09Taiwan Championship 2022: 9.74Taichung Open 2023: 8.67CK Cubing Party 2023: 9.50Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.21New Taipei Open 2023: 9.57Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 8.68Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 9.41Taiwan Championship 2023: 9.17HCHS Winter Open 2024: 8.81Taichung Open 2024: 8.87Zhongshan Open 2024: 7.44Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 9.43Taipei Summer Open 2024: 8.62Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 8.56Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024: 8.87Taiwan Championship 2024: 7.32BQHS Spring Open 2025: 8.29Zhongshan Open 2025: 9.03Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 7.42Taipei Summer Open 2025: 8.25Taiwan Championship 2025: 9.03Dream in Chiang Mai 2026: 8.50BQHS Spring Open 2026: 8.98Zhongshan Open 2026: 8.407.3214.196 Feb 20102 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.