Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024

Yen-An Chen delivered a commanding performance at Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, capturing two individual titles to highlight a fiercely competitive weekend of speedcubing. Held in Taipei, Taiwan on July 20, 2024, the one-day gathering assembled 110 competitors across 13 rounds of action. With standard Rubik's Cube formats set aside in favour of specialty puzzles, the event showcased regional depth as local standouts defended home turf against visiting talent from Hong Kong.

The regional clash was on full display in the Skewb final, where Taiwan's Cian-Jyun Yang took the title with a winning average of 2.89 seconds, backed by a blistering best single of 1.73 seconds. Kai-Lun Cheng secured second place for Taiwan with an average of 3.32 seconds, while Hong Kong's Hui Chun Pong claimed the third podium position with a 3.83 mark. It was the sole top-three finish by an international challenger across the five disciplines.

Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 placed non-traditional categories at centre stage, creating an intense atmosphere distinct from a standard WCA competition. Rather than tracking 3x3 results, the 83 competitors in Skewb navigated three intense rounds of turning and orientation. Cian-Jyun Yang maintained consistency throughout the elimination stages, holding off strong pushes from both domestic rivals and Hong Kong contenders to secure gold.

In Megaminx, Yen-An Chen took top honours over 58 competitors with an average of 37.73 seconds, logging a best single of 36.00 seconds. Cian-Jyun Yang claimed the silver medal with a 40.54 average, while Yi-Ho Hsueh placed third with a mark of 44.10 seconds. Chen extended his dominance to Square-1, leading the 47-competitor field with a decisive 6.35 winning average and a 5.56 single, ahead of Yi-Ho Hsueh's 8.10 and Cian-Jyun Yang's 10.72.

Beyond the championship finals, the competition brought substantial personal milestones for solvers tackling demanding events. I-Chuan Lin took on 5 events and posted a massive breakthrough in Square-1, setting a personal best single of 31.42 seconds that improved on their previous best of 54.71 by 42.6 percent, alongside a first ever Megaminx attempt of 2:00.24 and an initial Clock mark of 24.73. Pin-Shang Ye also achieved a major milestone in Clock, dropping their personal best single to 9.15 seconds from 15.78, a 42 percent leap, while completing maiden attempts of 8.41 in Pyraminx and 12.48 in Skewb across 3 events entered.

Other competitors took on ambitious schedules across the arena floor during the cubing competition. Yu-Chih Chuang competed in 4 events, reducing their Pyraminx personal best to 4.38 seconds from 6.41 for a 31.7 percent improvement, while logging first attempts in Skewb at 7.09 and Clock at 11.88. Meng-Chun Chen entered 5 events, cutting their Skewb single to 10.14 seconds from 14.30 for a 29.1 percent drop, in addition to maiden attempts in Megaminx at 3:15.93 and Square-1 at 44.36. Wei-Zhi Lu also tackled 5 events, registering first attempts in Clock at 33.05, Skewb at 13.54, and Square-1 at 24.99, while Yu-Hung Jou recorded initial attempts of 8.66 in Pyraminx, 12.97 in Clock, and 1:33.40 in Square-1.

Pyraminx drew the largest roster of the weekend, with 97 participants battling across three rounds. Bo-Yan Wu secured victory with a winning average of 2.30 seconds and a best single of 2.02. Jie-Yu Xie followed closely to earn second place on a 2.99 average, while Wei-Ming Zeng completed the podium in third with an average of 3.59 seconds, cementing a clean sweep for the local contingent.

The Clock event delivered the closest podium battle of the entire meet among 73 competitors. Pei-Ni Chiang captured first place with an average of 5.00 seconds and a best single of 4.14. Liang-Zhen Lai finished mere hundredths behind to take second place with a 5.03 average, while Shao-Heng Hung rounded out the podium in third at 5.25 seconds during an exciting round of speed cubing.

With 14 of the 15 podium positions earned by Taiwan and one by Hong Kong, Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024 concluded a packed day of specialty solving. The intense regional rivalries, coupled with widespread personal bests throughout the field, capped a memorable chapter of competition in Taipei as athletes look ahead to the next season of play.

2024年7月20日，台北市立建國高級中學的賽場內聚集了來自各地的魔術方塊愛好者。作為專注於非正規正方體項目的魔術方塊比賽，現場氣氛緊張而熱烈。計時器的啟動聲與選手們靈活轉動方塊的節奏交織在一起，110名參賽選手在這場盛會中展開正面交鋒。整個賽事設置了5個項目共13輪比拚，由於參賽人數眾多，選手若想晉級決賽必須在各輪維持極高水準。

在競爭格外激烈的環境下，這場Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024的晉級門檻居高不下。金字塔魔術方塊吸引了多達97名選手參與，斜轉魔術方塊也有83人報名，魔錶項目更是有73名好手同場競技。選手們必須在多輪篩選中發揮極致穩定性，稍有失誤便會被淘汰。這座在Taipei, Taiwan舉行的賽事，充分展現了本地非傳統項目選手的深厚整體實力與高水準競技張力。

在個人亮眼表現方面，Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)成為全場焦點，成功拿下雙冠。在十二面體魔術方塊決賽中，他以37.73秒的平均成績勇奪第一，最快單次為36.00秒；隨後的Square-1項目決賽，他再度展現頂尖水準，以6.35秒的平均成績與5.56秒的最快單次奪下桂冠，展現出在複雜異形方塊上的全面統治力。

斜轉魔術方塊決賽由Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)奪魁，他以2.89秒的平均成績以及1.73秒的最佳單次名列榜首。金字塔項目方面，Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥)在三輪激烈競爭中脫穎而出，以2.30秒的平均成績和2.02秒的單次奪得冠軍。魔錶決賽的競爭同樣進入白熱化，Pei-Ni Chiang (江霈妮)最終以5.00秒的平均成績封后，其最佳單次達到4.14秒。

除了領獎台上的焦點，賽場的深層魅力更體現在多位不斷突破自我的選手身上。Cheng-Hua Liu (劉晟華)本次參加了5個項目，在Square-1繳出27.68秒的個人最佳成績，比以往快了55.6%，其斜轉成績5.80秒進步了21.8%，金字塔4.23秒也提升了19.7%。Leung Tin Hay (梁天曦)出戰3個項目並在魔錶拿下第11名，他在十二面體創下1:02.95的個人最佳，大幅進步52.4%，魔錶成績5.57秒提升4.1%，並在Square-1完成個人首次嘗試取得21.39秒。

賽場上還有許多值得銘記的自我超越。Jia-Wei Yu (游家瑋)報名了5個項目，Square-1以32.56秒刷新個人最佳且速度提升48.8%，斜轉成績5.05秒進步42.1%，同時在魔錶完成首次嘗試拿到12.41秒。Yan-Chen Wu (吳彥宸)參加2個項目，金字塔締造6.20秒個人最佳並提速44.3%，亦在魔錶完成首次嘗試獲14.68秒。Li-Wei Chu (朱力威)在魔錶創下11.06秒的最佳表現，提速38.2%，斜轉7.28秒提升26.8%，並初次挑戰十二面體取得2:02.10。Yung-Hsu Yang (楊詠旭)則全力投入5個項目，完成多項初體驗，包括Square-1的32.15秒、十二面體的2:47.07以及魔錶的14.43秒。

在領獎台爭奪中，台灣選手總共收穫14個席次，香港選手獲得1席。斜轉項目中Kai-Lun Cheng (鄭凱倫)以3.32秒獲亞軍，Hui Chun Pong (許俊邦)以3.83秒位居第三；金字塔項目由Jie-Yu Xie (謝傑宇)以2.99秒獲亞軍，Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘)以3.59秒獲季軍；魔錶項目Liang-Zhen Lai (賴良榛)以5.03秒獲亞軍，Shao-Heng Hung (洪紹恆)以5.25秒居第三；十二面體與Square-1項目中，Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)分別以44.10秒及8.10秒登上頒獎台，Cian-Jyun Yang (楊謙君)亦在兩項目分獲40.54秒與10.72秒佳績。

作為一場高水準的WCA competition，Taiwan Anti-NxNxN 2024見證了頂尖好手的交鋒與眾多選手的突破。在這場充滿速度與精準度的極限運動盛會中，無論是雙冠得主的誕生還是每一位刷新極限的個人紀錄，都為這項極限手速運動注入了強大動能，也為本年度的賽季留下了難忘篇章。