People · Chinese Taipei
Yu-Shen Zhang (張昱紳)
Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025ZHAY03
Yu-Shen Zhang (張昱紳) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Penghu Spring Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 267 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.60 in November 2025 to 9.23, a 27% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.32 | 4.32 | top 4.8% | 75 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 10.33 | top 5.4% | 328 / 4,213 | |
| Clock | 5.65 | 8.10 | top 6.1% | 28 / 366 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.47 | 1:11.55 | top 6.9% | 107 / 639 | |
| 4×4 | 35.24 | 38.92 | top 6.9% | 173 / 1,078 | |
| 7×7 | 3:00.22 | 3:11.42 | top 10.7% | 50 / 252 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.61 | 2:08.75 | top 13.5% | 79 / 292 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 6.94 | top 13.7% | 148 / 699 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.41 | 1:22.85 | top 14.1% | 77 / 362 | |
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 3.70 | top 15.2% | 399 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.33 | 22.17 | top 16.0% | 212 / 802 | |
| Square-1 | 17.32 | 21.47 | top 21.7% | 102 / 323 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 88 / 204 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Seven personal bests in one day at BQHS Spring Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Penghu Spring Cube Open 2026.
- 19 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Taiwan Championship 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Please Don't DNF Kaohsiung 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penghu Spring Cube Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big and Round Taichung 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
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 58 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.