People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Syuan Kao (高宜萱)
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KAOY01
Yi-Syuan Kao (高宜萱) has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.45, set at Taiwan Championship 2022, puts her in the top 5.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 85th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2018, she has put 280 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 32.82 in June 2018 to 15.43, a 53% improvement. She has entered 19 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.45 | 5.90 | top 5.3% | 85 / 1,017 | |
| Skewb | 3.92 | 6.62 | top 10.4% | 126 / 700 | |
| 3×3 | 15.43 | 18.47 | top 26.0% | 1,527 / 4,369 | |
| 2×2 | 5.00 | 6.21 | top 39.4% | 901 / 1,671 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.71 | — | top 40.4% | 662 / 1,079 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.11 | — | top 51.4% | 248 / 363 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.69 | — | top 58.6% | 653 / 805 | |
| Clock | 18.92 | — | top 61.6% | 270 / 370 |
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
- 20 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Yunlin Winter Open 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-20 3×3: 18.53 at Maru Cube Day 2021.
- 1 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 29.12 at Pingtung Cubing Open 2020.
- 30 Jun 2018First competition: Maru X 2018. A 32.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Taiwan Championship 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Pingtung Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Open 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Taiwan Championship 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Yunlin Winter Open 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 2022
- Chiayi Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kaohsiung Winter Open 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Kaohsiung 2021 · 9 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Pingtung Cubing Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Maru X 2018 · 30 Jun 2018
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 her.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as she improves.