People · Chinese Taipei
Yi-Xiang Liao (廖奕翔)
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LIAO05
Yi-Xiang Liao (廖奕翔) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Taiwan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 350th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.46 in September 2023 to 9.42, a 24% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.42 | 12.18 | top 5.9% | 350 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 46.07 | 53.19 | top 19.6% | 411 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 3.60 | 4.67 | top 21.4% | 532 / 1,669 | |
| Skewb | 6.88 | 9.95 | top 32.7% | 307 / 699 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.83 | 9.97 | top 34.8% | 477 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.07 | — | top 42.1% | 520 / 802 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 549 / 639 |
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
- 19 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 19 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 16 Sep 2023First competition: Shin Kong Cube Open 2023. A 12.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- HCHS Winter Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
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 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 6.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.