People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Chen Lee (李奕澄)
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024LEEY10
Yi-Chen Lee (李奕澄) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 207 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.99 in September 2024 to 6.94, a 23% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 6.94 | 8.12 | top 1.3% | 68 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 28.37 | 31.92 | top 1.9% | 52 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 51.02 | 57.22 | top 2.0% | 37 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.12 | 14.86 | top 4.6% | 57 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.99 | top 4.7% | 122 / 1,669 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.35 | — | early days — 2 solves | 198 / 362 | |
| 6×6 | 2:55.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 178 / 292 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vienna Autumn 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024. A 9.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文) — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.