People · Chinese Taipei
Zi-Ning Yen (閻子甯)
Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022YENZ02
Zi-Ning Yen (閻子甯) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 159 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 3.20 | 7.32 | top 4.3% | 64 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 | 10.24 | 12.27 | top 8.2% | 498 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 39.12 | 45.59 | top 11.1% | 254 / 1,078 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 8.01 | top 13.7% | 146 / 699 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.74 | top 17.8% | 460 / 1,669 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.53 | 1:37.17 | top 26.9% | 301 / 639 | |
| 6×6 | 2:47.31 | — | early days — 1 solve | 167 / 292 | |
| 7×7 | 5:03.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 173 / 252 | |
| Square-1 | 32.23 | — | early days — 2 solves | 207 / 323 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 705 / 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
- 2 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025.
- 3 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Maru Cube Day 2022. A 11.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
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.
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君) — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.