People · Chinese Taipei
Zi-Qi Yen (顏子淇)
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022YENZ01
Zi-Qi Yen (顏子淇) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.19, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Chinese Taipei. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2022, he has put 201 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.38 in August 2022 to 7.19, a 53% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.19 | 8.89 | top 1.6% | 88 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 35.29 | 41.76 | top 7.0% | 174 / 1,078 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.57 | top 9.6% | 264 / 1,669 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 12.33 | top 20.0% | 303 / 1,016 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 639 / 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
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at HCHS Winter Open 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Maru Cube Day 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Maru Cube Day 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022First competition: Pingtung Summer Open 2022. A 15.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Taichung Open 2024 · 3 Mar 2024
- HCHS Winter Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pingtung Summer Open 2022 · 13 Aug 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.
- Chun-Pao Ni (倪君寶) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.