People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Kai Liao (廖億凱)
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010LIAO02
Yi-Kai Liao (廖億凱) has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 372nd in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2010, he has put 194 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.13 in August 2010 to 9.56, a 41% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.56 | 12.25 | top 6.3% | 372 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 44.71 | 51.25 | top 17.9% | 383 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.85 | 23.38 | top 22.8% | 293 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.55 | 1:48.39 | top 29.4% | 330 / 639 | |
| 2×2 | 6.40 | 7.81 | top 55.0% | 1,184 / 1,669 | |
| 6×6 | 4:35.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 261 / 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 Feb 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015.
- 21 Aug 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.96 at Taiwan Summer 2011.
- 28 Aug 2010First competition: Taiwan Summer Open 2010. A 16.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2015 · 15 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube for Kids Day 2014 · 5 Apr 2014
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014
- Kaohsiung Open 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2013 · 17 Aug 2013 — 1 personal best set
- MARU Cube for kid Day 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Magic Revenge 2012 · 30 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2012 · 25 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Summer 2011 · 21 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Winter Open 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Summer Open 2010 · 28 Aug 2010
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.
- Yi-Fan Wu (吳亦凡) — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yi-Heng Lee (李宜衡) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hao-Zheng Lin (林浩正) — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 4.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.