Taiwan Championship 2024

Inside the Shin Kong Life Xinban Finance Building, tables were lined with every conceivable geometric puzzle as hundreds of timers stood ready for action. Across three intensive days from December 6 to December 8, the venue in New Taipei City, Taiwan became an arena testing mechanical dexterity and spatial memory across every discipline recognized in modern speedcubing. The broad schedule brought together 247 competitors navigating 34 rounds of play, transforming the floor into an intricate display of multidimensional problem-solving.

The full slate of 17 official events meant that the classic Rubik's Cube shared the stage with massive multi-layered hardware, side events, and complex blindfolded disciplines. The sheer variety across the weekend demanded constant adaptability from competitors who transitioned from rapid side events like Clock and Skewb to massive endurance challenges on the 6x6x6 and 7x7x7 cubes. In the premier 3x3x3 Cube event, which featured 232 competitors across four grueling rounds, Seung Hyuk Nahm of Korea secured first place with a winning average of 6.57 seconds alongside a best single solve of 5.72 seconds, heading the final 3x3 results.

Seung Hyuk Nahm established dominance across multiple categories throughout the weekend, collecting victories in four major cube events. Beyond the traditional 3x3x3 Cube, Nahm captured top honors in the 5x5x5 Cube with a 39.39-second winning average, the 6x6x6 Cube with a mark of 1:18.72, and the 7x7x7 Cube with a final average of 1:50.36. In the 7x7x7 Cube final, Taiwan's Ping-Yueh Huang secured second place with a time of 2:05.76, followed closely by Chun-Pao Ni in third at 2:07.63, illustrating the fierce regional competition on big cubes.

Taiwanese solvers delivered commanding performances across several technical categories, led by Kai-Wen Wang who claimed multiple titles. Wang won the 4x4x4 Cube with a 22.50 average and took top honors in 3x3x3 One-Handed with an 11.33 average, finishing ahead of Hong Kong's Ivan Li Ka Leong at 11.64 and Shih-Hao Wang at 11.72. Wang also reached the podium in Skewb with a 3.84 average, trailing Malaysia's Eng Dickson at 3.51 and event champion Luis Tan Hong Yi of Singapore, who posted a winning average of 2.70. Tan Hong Yi also won 3x3x3 Fewest Moves with a single solve of 23 moves.

Beyond the podium battles, the floor of this WCA competition belonged to competitors expanding their repertoires across new formats. Yu-Lun Huang took on eight distinct events, achieving a best finish of 10th in Clock, setting a personal best average of 1.96 in 2x2x2 Cube to beat their previous mark by 36.2 percent, and logging first-ever official attempts in Clock at 4.40 and 7x7x7 Cube at 3:55.99. Te-Tien Lu made significant strides by taking on six events, improving their 2x2x2 Cube personal best by 34.6 percent down to 6.33 seconds while recording maiden official attempts in 4x4x4 Cube at 2:32.38 and Megaminx at 3:37.13.

The ambition to master new puzzles was equally evident across the rest of the field as solvers embraced unfamiliar challenges. I-Chuan Lin contested an impressive 13 events, earning a 36th-place finish in 3x3x3 Fewest Moves and logging debut attempts in 3x3x3 One-Handed with 24.36, 6x6x6 Cube with 3:43.15, and 7x7x7 Cube with 5:54.32. Chen-Rui Yu entered six events, putting up maiden marks of 8.91 in Pyraminx, 12.32 in Clock, and 33.53 in 3x3x3 One-Handed. Chin-Tien Lu completed initial attempts in 4x4x4 Cube at 2:11.76, 5x5x5 Cube at 4:21.83, and Megaminx at 2:25.12 across seven events, while Yu-Chuna Chen took on four events, logging first attempts in Pyraminx at 15.05, Skewb at 12.84, and 2x2x2 Cube at 5.19.

Specialty disciplines also provided striking demonstrations of focus, notably in the blindfolded categories where competitors rely entirely on memorisation before executing moves without sight. Shiori Yanai of Japan secured victory in 3x3x3 Multi-Blind by solving 28 out of 33 cubes in 57:08, finishing ahead of Ping-Yueh Huang's 22 out of 28 in 55:43 and Wayne Pi's 16 out of 24 in 56:49. In the standard 3x3x3 Blindfolded, Chih-Chuan Yang took the title with a single of 23.40 seconds, while Ping-Yueh Huang won 4x4x4 Blindfolded in 3:43.22 and Jia-Hong Lu claimed the 5x5x5 Blindfolded win in 5:03.60.

Shorter formats and non-cubic hardware rounded out the expansive schedule. Yu-Chun Yeh won the 2x2x2 Cube with a 2.30 average, while Bo-Yan Wu led Pyraminx with a 2.10 average ahead of Jie-Yu Xie at 2.45 and Wei-Ming Zeng at 2.62. Pei-Ni Chiang topped Clock with an average of 4.54 over Zih-Siang Huang at 5.17 and Liang-Zhen Lai at 5.21. Masayuki Hirai of Japan won Megaminx with a 33.38 average, followed by Yun-Rui Chiang at 39.71 and Yusuke Takada at 40.97. Yi-Ho Hsueh claimed Square-1 in 7.18 seconds, besting Yen-An Chen at 8.24 and Shih-Hao Wang at 9.08.

Across every event, the speed cubing festival highlighted the breadth of talent across Asia, with host nation Taiwan securing 30 podium finishes, alongside 7 for Korea, 6 for Japan, 5 for Hong Kong, 2 for Singapore, and 1 for Malaysia. The Taiwan Championship 2024 proved to be an extensive celebration of the sport in 2024, closing out an energetic weekend that celebrated technical excellence across all 17 World Cube Association disciplines.

在3x3x3 Multi-Blind項目中，來自日本的Shiori Yanai以57:08成功復原28個魔術方塊（共申報33個），奪得這場高難度項目的冠軍，成為全場最令人矚目的焦點之一。台灣選手Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)以55:43成功復原22/28獲得亞軍，Wayne Pi則以56:49成功復原16/24站上季軍。這場精采對決揭開了多元項目的激烈競逐，也展現出記憶與極限解法的純粹魅力。

Taiwan Championship 2024於2024年12月6日至8日在New Taipei City, Taiwan的新光人壽新板金融大樓盛大舉行。作為年度重頭戲的WCA competition，這場魔術方塊錦標賽共吸引了247名選手參與，在為期三天的賽程中展開了17個項目、共計34輪的精彩比拼。除了經典的速解項目，大方塊、盲解與各類特殊異形項目的專項好手紛紛亮相，在賽場上帶來了極具技術深度的演出。

除了多盲項目的亮眼表現，其他盲解項目同樣扣人心弦。Ping-Yueh Huang (黃品越)在4x4x4 Blindfolded中以3:43.22的最佳單次成績封王，而5x5x5 Blindfolded則由Jia-Hong Lu (陸嘉宏)憑藉5:03.60的單次成績奪冠。在經典的3x3x3 Blindfolded項目中，Chih-Chuan Yang (楊智全)以單次23.40奪魁。此外，Luis Tan Hong Yi (陈宏溢)在3x3x3 Fewest Moves項目中以23步的最佳單次成績技壓群雄，展現出極致的步數推演能力。

特殊旋轉結構項目方面，Square-1項目由Yi-Ho Hsueh (薛以和)以7.18的平均成績奪得冠軍，Yen-An Chen (陳彥安)以8.24摘銀，Shih-Hao Wang (王士豪)以9.08獲得銅牌。Megaminx決賽中，日本選手Masayuki Hirai (平井雅之)以33.38的平均成績奪得第一，Yun-Rui Chiang (江昀叡)以39.71位列第二，Yusuke Takada (高田祐介)以40.97獲得第三。Clock項目由Pei-Ni Chiang (江霈妮)以4.54的平均成績登頂，Zih-Siang Huang (黃子翔)與Liang-Zhen Lai (賴良榛)分別以5.17和5.21緊隨其後。

在成績榜之外，許多默默耕耘的選手在賽場上寫下了屬於自己的突破。Hong-Jun Zhao (趙浤鈞)本次挑戰了8個項目，在Square-1繳出14.28的個人最佳成績，較以往進步了83%，Pyraminx與4x4x4 Cube也分別提升34.5%與16.2%。Hsing-Kai Hsiung (熊星凱)出戰7個項目，首次嘗試Clock便拿下9.49，Square-1初試啼聲斬獲24.58，Skewb個人最佳亦推進35.7%來到8.69。Jia-Ying Ho (何佳頴)迎來4x4x4 Cube與Skewb的首次亮相，分別留下57.99與9.39，並在3x3x3 One-Handed以33.61大幅進步38.3%。

同樣在多個項目中勇於開拓的還有Jau-Shiun Huang (黃昭勳)，他在此次賽事報名9個項目，迎來Megaminx的首次完賽紀錄4:53.39與7x7x7 Cube的初次嘗試8:16.00，Pyraminx成績亦提升了23.2%。Wu Li (李悟)一口氣出戰12個項目，7x7x7 Cube首度完賽測出5:48.73，Square-1與6x6x6 Cube更雙雙大幅進步超過44%。Bo-Yan Chen (陳柏諺)同樣報名9項，在Clock與Megaminx項目寫下7.34與56.91的首次嘗試紀錄，並在Skewb推進27.7%至4.49。

在經典手動速解領域，選手們的發揮依舊犀利。Pyraminx由Bo-Yan Wu (吳柏彥)以2.10的平均成績奪冠，Jie-Yu Xie (謝傑宇)與Wei-Ming Zeng (曾唯銘)分列二三名。Skewb項目中，來自新加坡的Luis Tan Hong Yi (陈宏溢)以2.70的平均成績奪金，馬來西亞選手Eng Dickson (黄迪胜)以3.51拿下亞軍，Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)以3.84獲得季軍。Kai-Wen Wang (王楷文)則在4x4x4 Cube以22.50平均奪冠，並以11.33的平均成績稱霸3x3x3 One-Handed。

大方塊賽事與壓軸項目中，韓國名將Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁)發揮全面實力，一人包攬了四項冠軍。他以6.57的平均成績奪得三階魔方3x3x3 Cube桂冠，並在5x5x5 Cube以39.39、6x6x6 Cube以1:18.72、7x7x7 Cube以1:50.36的平均成績接連登頂。在2x2x2 Cube項目，Yu-Chun Yeh (葉昱均)則以2.30的平均成績封王。各國好手同場競技，為Taiwan Championship 2024畫下圓滿句點，也為下一季度的各項速解賽事奠定了高水準的競爭基調。