People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-An Yang (楊奕安)
Skewb · top 4.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019YANG06
Yi-An Yang (楊奕安) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Taipei Summer Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 40th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2019, he has put 256 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.75 in January 2019 to 10.09, a 58% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.92 | 5.73 | top 4.6% | 40 / 699 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 11.58 | top 7.7% | 457 / 4,213 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 12.65 | top 8.7% | 134 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.59 | 23.47 | top 11.6% | 160 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 4.25 | top 14.2% | 375 / 1,669 |
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
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at CK Cubing Party 2023.
- 14 Jan 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Open 2022.
- 26 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.53 at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019First competition: Taipei Peace Open 2019. A 23.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zhongshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- BQHS Spring Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Zhongshan Open 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- CK Cubing Party 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Open 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.