People · Chinese Taipei
Zih-Yang Chen (陳子揚)
3×3 one-handed · top 3.6% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017CHEZ06
Zih-Yang Chen (陳子揚) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.47, set at Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Chinese Taipei. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2017, he has put 103 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.88 in July 2017 to 10.12, a 43% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 one-handed | 12.47 | 22.12 | top 3.6% | 43 / 802 | |
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 11.77 | top 7.8% | 470 / 4,213 | |
| 2×2 | 3.90 | 5.53 | top 25.2% | 610 / 1,669 | |
| 4×4 | 1:30.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 871 / 1,078 | |
| 5×5 | 2:37.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 537 / 639 |
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
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.77 at Maru Cube Day 2021.
- 29 Jul 2017First competition: Lanyang Open 2017. A 17.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maru Cube Day 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Maru Cube Day 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Peace Open 2019 · 26 Jan 2019
- Taiwan Championship 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Winter Open 2018 · 18 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lanyang Open 2017 · 29 Jul 2017
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 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chia-Leo Lin (林珈樂) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Yen-Pin Xiao (蕭彥平) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.