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Zi-Xian Liao (廖子賢)

4×4 · top 1.5% of 83,917 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012LIAO03

Zi-Xian Liao (廖子賢) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 27.43, set at Matsu Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Chinese Taipei. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 81 competitions since August 2012, he has put 3,002 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in August 2012 to 7.70, a 54% improvement. He has entered 81 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.5% of 83,917 all-time
27.43
signature single · Matsu Open 2019
3,002
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChinese Taipei
4×427.4332.45
top 1.5%38 / 1,078
3×37.7010.46
top 2.3%133 / 4,213
5×554.931:00.34
top 3.3%55 / 639
Pyraminx3.315.51
top 4.7%74 / 1,016
6×61:53.391:57.54
top 8.5%46 / 292
2×22.493.93
top 8.8%242 / 1,669
7×72:59.883:08.95
top 10.6%47 / 252
3×3 one-handed16.7722.33
top 12.0%163 / 802
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves44.33
top 23.4%52 / 204
Clock12.7313.95
top 38.4%181 / 366
Megaminx1:57.572:23.76
top 44.4%220 / 362
Square-131.5845.96
top 52.4%201 / 323
Skewb10.4616.21
top 57.8%495 / 699
3×3 blindfolded4:48.84—
early days — 1 solve126 / 147

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

Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 16.66Magic Revenge 2012: 13.71Taiwan Winter Open 2013: 14.81Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 11.10Kaohsiung Open 2013: 12.19Hsinchu Winter Open 2013: 10.57Hsinchu Spring Open 2014: 11.52Taiwan Summer Open 2014: 11.02Master Challenge 2014: 10.91Hsinchu Spring Open 2015: 11.11Taiwan Cubing League - Taipei 2015: 9.29Hsinchu Summer Open 2015: 10.83Magic Revenge 2015: 11.04Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2015: 9.68Twisting Fingers in New Taipei City 2015: 11.47Taiwan Cubing League - Taichung 2015: 10.06Taipei Open 2015: 9.51Hsinchu Winter Open 2016: 8.98All is Well 2016: 11.31Taichung Cube Open 2016: 9.32Happy Cubing Taiwan 2016: 8.98Kaohsiung Winter Open 2016: 11.84All is Well 2017: 9.75Kaohsiung Summer Open 2017: 8.47Yangzhou Open 2017: 9.83Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2017: 8.88Taiwan Championship 2017: 9.12Hsinchu Winter Open 2018: 10.74Kaohsiung Spring Open 2018: 10.73Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 9.68All is Well 2018: 9.67CK Cubing Party 2018: 10.21Maru X 2018: 9.31WCA Asian Championship 2018: 10.26Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2018: 9.59Taiwan Championship 2018: 9.46Taipei Peace Open 2019: 9.26Taichung Cubing Open 2019: 10.28Zhuyuangang Open 2019: 9.36All is Well Tainan 2019: 9.31WCA World Championship 2019: 9.77Matsu Open 2019: 9.79Dream One Cube Open 2019: 9.87Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2019: 10.50Lanyang Open 2019: 9.65Kaohsiung Autumn Open 2019: 10.15Taiwan Championship 2019: 9.47Taiwan Championship 2020: 10.44Welcome Back Kaohsiung 2021: 9.76Taiwan Open 2022: 10.67CK Cubing Party 2022: 9.60Chiayi Open 2022: 11.20Maru Cube Day 2022: 10.45Taoyuan Cubing Open 2022: 10.79Yunlin Winter Open 2022: 9.84Taiwan Championship 2022: 8.41Taichung Open 2023: 10.73Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.66Shin Kong Cube Open 2023: 10.13Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2023: 9.92Taiwan Championship 2023: 12.76Kaohsiung Winter Open 2024: 10.38HCHS Winter Open 2024: 9.75Taichung Open 2024: 9.40Zhongshan Open 2024: 9.77Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2024: 11.23Taipei Summer Open 2024: 9.38Zhongshan Open 2025: 10.18Taipei Summer Open 2025: 10.31Taoyuan Airport Cube Day 2025: 9.89Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2025: 10.10Taiwan Championship 2025: 7.70Shin Kong Cube Open - Taitung 2025: 8.92Penghu Spring Cube Open 2026: 10.45Zhongshan Open 2026: 10.90Taipei Cube Open 2026: 10.28Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2026: 10.35Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2026: 9.937.7016.6625 Aug 201230 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.