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Yu-Shan Lee (李宇善)

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LEEY05

Yu-Shan Lee (李宇善) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 314th in Chinese Taipei. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 102 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.40 in June 2023 to 9.16, a 44% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.16
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024
102
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×39.1615.83
top 5.2%314 / 4,213
2×23.674.89
top 22.3%552 / 1,669
Pyraminx7.459.52
top 31.6%438 / 1,016
4×41:30.04
early days — 2 solves869 / 1,078

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

Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 16.40Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 13.25Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024: 13.72HCHS Winter Open 2024: 14.80Taichung Open 2024: 15.50Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 16.03Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024: 9.16Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026: 17.519.1617.5118 Jun 20239 Aug 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.