Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Chinese Taipei → Yu-Cheng Liao (廖堉丞)

People · Chinese Taipei

Yu-Cheng Liao (廖堉丞)

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025LIAO05

Yu-Cheng Liao (廖堉丞) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 598th in Chinese Taipei. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.71 in August 2025 to 10.84, a 26% improvement. He has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.84
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×310.8412.29
top 10.0%598 / 4,213
2×22.674.74
top 10.6%293 / 1,669

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

Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 14.71Hsinchu Summer Open 2025: 13.04Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025: 11.22Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025: 10.8410.8414.712 Aug 202528 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.