People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Ting Lai (賴益亭)
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LAIY01
Yi-Ting Lai (賴益亭) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 232 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.36 in March 2024 to 7.96, a 30% improvement. He has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.96 | 8.74 | top 2.7% | 159 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 32.80 | 42.32 | top 4.8% | 126 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 3.78 | top 14.5% | 382 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.62 | 20.08 | top 16.7% | 223 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.20 | 1:41.11 | top 29.1% | 326 / 639 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.33 | 8.96 | top 30.6% | 426 / 1,016 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at BQHS Spring Open 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Hsinchu Summer Open 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024First competition: Taichung Open 2024. A 12.11 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 — 3 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hsinchu Summer Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Taichung Open 2024 · 3 Mar 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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Chun-Chia Wang (王畯家) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.