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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.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.19
signature single · Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026
201
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
3×37.198.89
top 1.6%88 / 4,213
4×435.2941.76
top 7.0%174 / 1,078
2×22.573.57
top 9.6%264 / 1,669
Pyraminx6.0012.33
top 20.0%303 / 1,016
3×3 one-handed34.95
early days — 2 solves639 / 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

Pingtung Summer Open 2022: 15.38Maru Cube Day 2022: 14.78Maru Cube Day 2023: 11.40HCHS Winter Open 2024: 11.14Taichung Open 2024: 12.34Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 10.37Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024: 10.30Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2024: 9.69Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 8.95Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 7.30Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 8.30Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026: 7.197.1915.3813 Aug 202230 Aug 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-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.