Pingtung Winter Open 2025

Kai-Wen Wang delivered an overwhelming performance across four disciplines to anchor a dominant showing for home competitors at the Pingtung Winter Open 2025. Across two days of high-stakes speedcubing inside National Pingtung Girls’ Senior High School on March 1 and March 2, Taiwanese cubers captured 22 podium places out of the available spots. Wang set the pace for the entire gathering by claiming the premier 3x3x3 Cube title with a decisive 6.54 winning average, alongside a 5.51 best single, leading an all-Taiwan podium sweep in the main event.

The 3x3 results cemented Taiwan’s total control over the classic Rubik's Cube category. Behind Wang’s winning average of 6.54, Kai-Lun Cheng secured the second podium spot with a 7.33 mark, followed by He-Ping Zheng in third place at 7.70. With 96 competitors battling through three intense rounds in the 3x3x3 event, the final showdown highlighted the elite consistency of local solvers who kept the top tier entirely within domestic hands throughout the weekend.

Wang expanded his title haul far beyond the standard puzzle, establishing himself as the definitive force of the weekend. In the 4x4x4 Cube, he took first place with a 24.25 average and a 20.86 best single across three rounds, holding off Ivan Li Ka Leong of Hong Kong who averaged 26.89 and Cian-Jyun Yang who posted 27.33. Wang duplicated that success in the 5x5x5 Cube, claiming victory with a 44.27 average, while Li Ka Leong secured second at 45.88 and Yang finished third at 50.05. In 3x3x3 One-Handed, Wang captured yet another title with a 10.73 average, leading Shih-Hao Wang and Japan’s Takumi Kato on the podium.

The broader cubing competition brought together 98 competitors contesting 10 distinct events across 26 rounds of action. Cian-Jyun Yang delivered a premier performance in the big cubes, winning the 7x7x7 Cube with a 2:05.91 average and a 2:03.54 best single, edging out Ivan Li Ka Leong’s 2:07.65 and Shih-Hao Wang’s 2:15.12. Li Ka Leong took his own gold in the 6x6x6 Cube with a 1:25.17 average, while Cheng-Yu Tsai topped Pyraminx with a 2.95 average over En-Tzu Lin and Cian-Jyun Yang.

Beyond the championship trophies, individual milestones defined the experience on the competition floor. Kai-Jie Wu tackled five events and delivered massive progress on the big stages, chopping his 7x7x7 Cube personal best down to 3:45.60 from 7:47.72 for a 51.8 percent improvement, while lowering his 6x6x6 Cube mark to 3:11.06 from 5:19.40 for a 40.2 percent cut, alongside a first ever attempt at the 5x5x5 Cube resulting in 1:11.68. Hung-Chun Wang completed a heavy ten-event schedule, taking 9th in Pyraminx, shaving 36 percent off his Skewb mark to hit a 5.07 personal best, and registering official debut marks in both the 6x6x6 Cube at 4:08.66 and the 7x7x7 Cube at 7:31.84.

That drive for personal progress continued across every heat of the weekend schedule. Ching-Yuan Cheng competed in nine events, achieving a 10th-place finish in Pyraminx, cutting his 5x5x5 Cube best by 28.3 percent to 1:19.66, and completing official first attempts in Square-1 at 37.70 and 6x6x6 Cube at 4:28.06. Hsu-An Chang took on six events and recorded first-time competition results in Skewb with a 4.93, 3x3x3 One-Handed with 17.79, and 7x7x7 Cube with 4:08.48. Jui-Hung Liu improved his 3x3x3 One-Handed mark to 18.52 for a 13.6 percent gain while debuting in both 7x7x7 Cube at 4:07.86 and Skewb at 6.93. Chih-Yu Cheng rounded out the slate with initial official marks in Pyraminx at 15.56, 4x4x4 Cube at 2:59.06, and Megaminx at 3:06.33.

International visitors also claimed notable successes across specialized disciplines at the WCA competition. Masayuki Hirai of Japan took victory in Megaminx with a 34.25 winning average and a 32.87 best single, finishing ahead of Yen-An Chen and Ivan Li Ka Leong. In Skewb, Japan’s Noriyuki Okada secured first place with a 2.42 average across three rounds. Meanwhile, Yen-An Chen kept the Square-1 crown in Taiwan with a winning average of 6.84 and a 5.32 single.

The final medal tally reflected 22 podium places for Taiwan, five for Hong Kong, and three for Japan. From Kai-Wen Wang’s four individual titles to the deep field of solvers recording personal bests across multiple hardware disciplines, the Pingtung Winter Open 2025 demonstrated the immense strength of regional speed cubing. The two-day gathering in Pingtung, Taiwan set a high standard for 2025 as competitors return to training ahead of future fixtures on the tournament calendar.

98名頂尖好手齊聚一堂，在2025年3月1日至2日於國立屏東女子高級中學展開了為期兩天的激烈角逐。這場在Pingtung, Taiwan舉行的Pingtung Winter Open 2025共設有10個項目與26輪賽事。在講求速度與專注的魔術方塊競技舞台上，單次的運氣固然亮眼，但唯有穩健的平均發揮才能真正決定勝負歸屬。

在最受矚目的三階魔術方塊項目中，共有96位選手同場競技。Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)展現出無懈可擊的穩定性，在三輪激戰中一路保持高水準發揮，最終在決賽繳出6.54秒的奪冠平均成績，並創下5.51秒的最快單次成績。Kai-Lun Cheng (鄭凱倫)以7.33秒的平均成績獲得亞軍，He-Ping Zheng (鄭和平)則以7.70秒拿下季軍。

Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)的穩定節奏在多個項目中全面開花。他在三階單手項目以10.73秒的平均成績摘冠，力壓Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪)的11.12秒以及Takumi Kato (加藤匠)的11.61秒。單手解法的關鍵在於流暢的指法與極低失誤率，這正是他在整個週末展現出的強大特質。

進入大方塊賽事，Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)延續了統治級的表現。他在四階魔術方塊決賽以24.25秒平均成績奪冠，並在五階項目以44.27秒平均成績再添一金。來自香港的Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)展現強勁實力，分別以26.89秒與45.88秒在這兩項賽事奪得亞軍，台灣選手Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)則以27.33秒和50.05秒雙雙收穫季軍。

高階項目的競爭同樣扣人心弦。Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)在六階魔術方塊以1:25.17的平均成績登頂，Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)以1:27.64獲得亞軍，Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)以1:29.01取得季軍。在七階魔術方塊中，Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)頂住壓力，以2:05.91的平均成績奪冠，擊敗了Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)的2:07.65以及Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪)的2:15.12。

除了領獎台上的焦點，這場WCA competition的賽場深處記錄著無數選手的自我突破。Yueh Li (李悅)在此次賽事參加4個項目，三階項目繳出12.73秒的個人最佳成績，相較過去的21.50秒大幅進步40.8%，同時完成了生涯首次四階項目挑戰，成績為1:25.31。Chen-Rui Yu (余晨睿)報名5個項目，金字塔項目大幅進步35.1%來到5.78秒，三階成績也提升25.2%達到11.53秒，並首次嘗試四階項目繳出1:19.27。Pin-Kai Gong (龔品愷)在參加的6個項目中全面開花，金字塔成績進步29.9%達到3.28秒，斜轉項目進步7.4%達到8.45秒，亦完成了生涯首次四階賽事，錄得56.07秒。

許多選手在面對全新挑戰時同樣交出亮眼答卷。Cheng-Syun Shih (施澄勛)參加3個項目，首次嘗試五階項目錄得1:35.89，首次嘗試四階項目繳出39.89秒，三階個人最佳成績也進步13.9%來到11.16秒。Ruei-Lin Pu (卜睿霖)在3個項目中奮戰，生涯首次挑戰單手項目收穫29.51秒，首次四階項目繳出1:08.08，三階成績進步12.7%至9.32秒。Xiang-Yu Wu (吳享諭)則報名7個項目，在金字塔項目勇奪第8名，並首次挑戰六階與七階項目，分別繳出2:03.37與3:48.04，五階成績也進步6.8%來到1:00.07。

異形項目的對決同樣展現出極高水準。在十二面體魔術方塊項目中，Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)以34.25秒平均成績奪得冠軍，Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)與Ivan Li Ka Leong (李嘉亮)分別以40.80秒與40.97秒分列二三名。金字塔項目由Cheng-Yu Tsai (蔡承佑)以2.95秒平均成績奪魁，En-Tzu Lin (林恩慈)以3.10秒緊追在後，Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)以3.20秒奪得第三。此外，Noriyuki Okada (岡田典之)在斜轉項目以2.42秒平均成績奪冠，Square-1項目則由Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)以6.84秒平均成績稱霸。

隨著各項決賽成績塵埃落定，Pingtung Winter Open 2025圓滿收官。這場魔術方塊速解盛會不僅見證了頂尖好手依靠極致穩定性登上榮耀之巔，也記錄了每一位參賽者挑戰自我的堅定步伐。無論是領獎台上的掌聲還是個人最佳成績的刷新，都在這場cubing competition中寫下了屬於2025年南台灣的精彩篇章。