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Yuan-Jyun Shih (施元鈞)

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017SHIH04

Yuan-Jyun Shih (施元鈞) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Chinese Taipei. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2017, he has put 930 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.95 in July 2017 to 7.84, a 28% improvement. He has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.52
signature single · Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024
930
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
2×21.523.56
top 2.2%51 / 1,669
4×429.2534.99
top 2.4%70 / 1,078
3×37.849.93
top 2.5%148 / 4,213
3×3 one-handed12.3415.98
top 3.5%38 / 802
5×51:00.221:13.43
top 5.6%92 / 639
Skewb4.466.39
top 14.2%156 / 699
Megaminx1:07.711:11.14
top 14.3%78 / 362
Pyraminx6.1510.32
top 21.1%312 / 1,016
6×62:36.002:57.82
early days — 3 solves148 / 292
Square-135.17—
early days — 2 solves223 / 323

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 2017: 10.95Taiwan Championship 2017: 12.55Maru X 2018: 10.86Taichung Cubing Open 2019: 10.49Dream One Cube Open 2019: 9.14Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 9.09Zhuyuangang Open 2020: 8.90Maru Cube Day 2022: 9.59Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 8.67Taiwan Championship 2023: 9.21Taichung Open 2024: 9.61Honhui Cubing Carnival 2024: 9.32Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 8.80Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2024: 8.56Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2024: 9.20Taiwan Championship 2024: 8.66Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 8.83Taipei Summer Open 2025: 9.66Hsinchu Summer Open 2025: 8.60Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2025: 9.52Taiwan Championship 2025: 9.03BQHS Spring Open 2026: 7.84Taipei Cube Open 2026: 8.487.8412.5515 Jul 201727 Jun 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.