Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025

Inside the Yanping Community Center in Taipei, Taiwan, an intense silence settled over the tables as competitors put on blindfolds and bent over sheets of notation. Across October 18 and October 19, the atmosphere remained hushed yet fiercely competitive for Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025. Seventy-four entrants gathered for a weekend strictly dedicated to specialty disciplines that demand intense concentration, minimal noise, and precise calculation.

The 2025 speedcubing fixture turned into a classic clash among regional heavyweights, pitting home contenders from Taiwan against visiting standouts from Japan, Korea, China, and Singapore. Across nine rounds of high-stakes action, the race for podium positions became a neck-and-neck duel between local solvers and traveling masters. Japan and Taiwan each walked away with six podium places by Sunday evening, splitting the major honors across the program.

In 3x3x3 Blindfolded, the battle for supremacy brought electric drama to the tables. Korean standout Jonghyun Choi secured victory in the final round with a winning single of 25.14 seconds, edging out Taiwan solver Chih-Chuan Yang who clocked 26.24 seconds for second place. Yuki Yamamoto of Japan rounded out the international podium with a time of 29.28 seconds in third. Earlier in the three-round contest featuring 43 competitors, Chih-Chuan Yang delivered an extraordinary 19.08 single and a 22.07 average, adding to the intense regional rivalry.

Taiwan took full control of the big blindfolded disciplines thanks to a masterclass from Jia-Hong Lu. In 4x4x4 Blindfolded, Lu outpaced a field of 27 competitors across two rounds, securing the gold with a best single of 2:16.22 ahead of Yuki Yamamoto who finished in 3:28.23 and Jonghyun Choi who earned third in 3:53.57. Lu completed his double triumph in 5x5x5 Blindfolded, recording a winning single of 4:42.52 to fend off Japan's Yamamoto at 5:27.21 and Teruki Tamura at 8:01.14.

Beyond the hardware at the top of the standings, the heart of this cubing competition emerged in the massive breakthroughs from dedicated entrants. Po-Ling Lin delivered one of the weekend's most dramatic leaps in 3x3x3 Blindfolded, lowering their personal best to 59.28 seconds, which was 62 percent faster than their previous mark of 2:36.15 on the way to a 10th-place finish. In 3x3x3 Fewest Moves, Sing-Hao Lian secured 9th place by dropping their personal best to 26 moves, an improvement of 44.7 percent over their prior mark of 47. Tzu-Heng Lin tackled four events and made a major surge in Fewest Moves with a personal best of 32, improving by 38.5 percent, alongside a 10.5 percent boost to 4:26.29 in 3x3x3 Blindfolded and a first career attempt in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind with 2 points out of 3 in 28:42.

New milestones continued across the roster as solvers pushed into untested territory. Andy Kuo trimmed 28.5 percent off their 3x3x3 Blindfolded mark to claim a personal best of 51.26 seconds and finish 13th. Chan-Yi Lin tackled three disciplines, recording a first official attempt in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves with 35, a debut in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind with 2 of 4 solved in 25:33, and a 1:06.45 in their maiden 3x3x3 Blindfolded effort to take 12th. Chung-Yao Chiang similarly broke new ground with a first 3x3x3 Blindfolded solve of 5:04.06 and a first Multi-Blind score of 2 of 4 in 26:07. Meanwhile, Jin-Shiu Wu entered two events and posted 36 moves on their very first official 3x3x3 Fewest Moves attempt to earn 24th place.

The 3x3x3 Fewest Moves discipline brought a tactical battle over 50 competitors in two rounds, where China's Yiwei Liu claimed top honors with a winning average of 22.67 and a single of 21. Yuki Yamamoto placed second with an average of 23.67, closely followed by Cian-Jyun Yang of Taiwan in third at 24.00. The contest highlighted the cerebral depth of speed cubing, where competitors write complex solutions to solve the classic Rubik's Cube in the minimum possible sequence of rotations.

The marathon 3x3x3 Multi-Blind event brought a dramatic victory for Japan's Naoto Kobayashi, who solved 30 out of 40 cubes within 59:44 to take first place out of 26 contenders. Taiwan locked up the remaining podium spots through Wayne Pi, who managed 21 out of 26 cubes in 59:17, and Li-Chen Lin, who delivered 21 out of 28 in 56:56. With international records logged, sharp rivalries renewed, and standout 3x3 results across five events, Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025 concluded as an unforgettable showcase for memory and precision as competitors look ahead to the next season on the WCA competition calendar.

74名魔術方塊好手齊聚台北延平區民活動中心，在2025年10月18日至19日展開為期兩天的Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025。這場WCA competition涵蓋5個特定項目共9輪賽事，聚焦於極度考驗專注力的盲擰與最少步解法。多輪淘汰機制與單次成績的壓力，讓每一輪的晉級線都充滿挑戰，選手必須在有限的機會中展現兼具穩定與速度的極限發揮。

在三階最少步項目中，50名選手歷經2輪比拼，對還原步數進行了深度的策略計算。來自中國的Yiwei Liu (刘伊玮)展現出色的解題構思，以22.67步的平均成績奪得冠軍，其單次最佳成績更達到了21步。日本選手Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)以23.67步的平均成績位列亞軍，台灣選手Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)則以24.00步拿下季軍，整體排名前列的差距極為接近。

三階盲擰項目吸引了43名選手參賽並設置了3輪晉級賽制。在最終決賽中，韓國選手Jonghyun Choi (최종현)憑藉25.14秒的單次最快成績奪下桂冠。台灣選手Chih-Chuan Yang (楊智全)在決賽以26.24秒拿下亞軍，而在其他輪次中他曾繳出19.08秒的單次與22.07秒的平均優異成績。日本選手Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)則以29.28秒位居第三，各輪次的嚴格晉級讓選手們全力以赴爭取有效成績。

高階盲擰項目對記憶量和還原容錯率有著極為嚴格的要求。在4x4x4 Blindfolded的2輪競逐中，27名選手挑戰盲解四階，台灣好手Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)以2:16.22的單次成績強勢奪冠，Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)以3:28.23收穫第二，Jonghyun Choi (최종현)則以3:53.57名列第三，賽場上的每一次復原都充滿懸念。

在更具挑戰性的5x5x5 Blindfolded項目中，18名選手在一輪定勝負的極限賽制中比拼。Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)延續高階盲擰的絕佳發揮，以4:42.52的單次成績再次封王，包攬了本次比賽的雙料高階盲擰冠軍。日本選手Yuki Yamamoto (山本祐輝)以5:27.21拿下亞軍，同胞Teruki Tamura (田村旭輝)則以8:01.14獲得季軍。

3x3x3 Multi-Blind多顆盲擰項目共26名選手出戰，在1小時的時限內考驗記憶與解法容量。日本選手Naoto Kobayashi (小林直登)以30/40、用時59:44的成績奪魁。台灣選手Wayne Pi以21/26、用時59:17奪得亞軍，台灣選手Li-Chen Lin (林立宸)則以21/28、用時56:56獲得季軍，展現了強大的多顆盲解抗壓能力。

除了領獎台上的爭奪，許多選手在賽場上完成了重要的自我突破。Shih-Kai Lin (林師楷)在個人的首場WCA比賽中參加了3x3x3 Fewest Moves，成功完成首次嘗試並取得42步的成績。同樣迎來WCA首秀的Chien-An Wang (王健安)則在3x3x3 Blindfolded中完成生涯首次盲擰成績，以4:14.54順利完賽。Sheng-Jie Yang (楊勝絜)參加了2個項目，在多顆盲擰獲得第22名，並在三階盲擰迎來首次嘗試繳出1:38.36。

在最少步賽場上，多位選手也留下了寶貴的新紀錄。Hong-An Lai (賴泓安)完成生涯首次3x3x3 Fewest Moves嘗試，交出37步的不俗表現；I-Chuan Lin (林奕全)在出戰的2個項目中，最少步拿下第30名並以43步完成該項目首秀。Teng-Yuan Chang (張騰元)在最少步項目迎來首次嘗試取得45步，Meng-Sheng Yeng (楊孟晟)也以64步完成了個人的最少步初次嘗試，記錄了各自的成長軌跡。

隨著各項決賽與排位賽塵埃落定，Please Be Quiet Taiwan 2025在Taipei, Taiwan圓滿畫下句點。在9輪賽事的嚴格考驗下，選手們在無聲的賽場中展現了精湛的盲擰與最少步技藝。不同賽制的輪次設計讓這場魔術方塊競速盛會充滿了技術對決的張力，也為下一季度的WCA賽事留下了精彩的篇章。