People · Chinese Taipei
Zi-Ping Lai
3×3 · top 8.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026LAIZ01
Zi-Ping Lai has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Christchurch Winter 2026, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 546th in Chinese Taipei. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2026, he has put 40 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. He has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.47 | 13.25 | top 8.9% | 546 / 4,369 |
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
- 23 May 2026First competition: Christchurch Autumn 2026. A 11.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UC Canterbury Open 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Christchurch Winter 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Christchurch Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026
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.
- Jacob Marchand — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jasper Murray — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Dyer — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.