People · Chinese Taipei
Zi-Wei Kao (高子維)
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025KAOZ01
Zi-Wei Kao (高子維) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.63, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 561st in Chinese Taipei. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 64 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.63 in August 2025 to 10.63, a 32% improvement. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.63 | 12.20 | top 9.4% | 561 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 45.03 | 48.58 | top 18.3% | 387 / 1,078 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.19 | 26.17 | top 23.8% | 307 / 802 | |
| 2×2 | 5.02 | 6.11 | top 39.6% | 903 / 1,669 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025. A 15.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - New Taipei 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shu-Yii Luo (駱書翊) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yu-Chi Hou (侯宥圻) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.