People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Fan Wu (吳一凡)
2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016WUYI02
Yi-Fan Wu (吳一凡) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Taiwan Championship 2017, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2016, he has put 374 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.38 in July 2016 to 13.14, a 41% improvement. He has entered 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.84 | 5.89 | top 3.8% | 96 / 1,671 | |
| Skewb | 3.74 | 10.41 | top 9.2% | 110 / 700 | |
| 3×3 | 13.14 | 16.63 | top 18.0% | 1,106 / 4,369 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.76 | 8.57 | top 18.3% | 277 / 1,017 | |
| Square-1 | 22.95 | 29.78 | top 34.6% | 151 / 323 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.94 | 30.94 | top 36.8% | 465 / 805 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.09 | 1:07.67 | top 37.7% | 623 / 1,079 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:28.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 64 / 149 | |
| Clock | 14.50 | 17.29 | top 45.9% | 212 / 370 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 44.67 | top 51.9% | 110 / 205 |
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
- 6 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.18 at Taipei Peace Open 2019.
- 26 Jan 2019Six personal bests in one day at Taipei Peace Open 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2018.
- 8 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2017.
- 12 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.59 at Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017.
Competitions
- Tokyo Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Shimonoseki 2025 · 28 Dec 2025
- Ota BLD Autumn 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2019 · 26 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Almost Without NxN 2019 · 31 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Winter Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
- Taiwan Championship 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lanyang Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2016 · 9 Jul 2016
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 78 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tzu-Han Hung (洪梓菡) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Yu-Hsuan Chang (張祐瑄) — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.