People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Guang Zhang (張聿光)
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024ZHAY03
Yu-Guang Zhang (張聿光) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.51, set at Taipei Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 218th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2024, he has put 178 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.61 in May 2025 to 8.51, a 20% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.51 | 10.58 | top 3.8% | 218 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.93 | top 6.8% | 184 / 1,669 | |
| Clock | 6.45 | 7.47 | top 8.9% | 37 / 366 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.44 | 5.88 | top 9.9% | 154 / 1,016 | |
| Skewb | 3.93 | 5.81 | top 10.4% | 127 / 699 | |
| 4×4 | 41.51 | 46.50 | top 13.9% | 309 / 1,078 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.90 | 1:24.04 | top 23.1% | 132 / 362 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.17 | — | top 31.6% | 344 / 639 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.07 | 30.76 | top 39.5% | 493 / 802 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Taipei Cube Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Summer Open 2025.
- 20 Jul 2024First competition: Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024.
Competitions
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
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.
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sing-Hao Lian (連星皓) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.