Have we observed asymptotically free quarks?

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At high energies, quarks behave like single particles, due to the asymptotic freedom in QCD. Have we observed these free quarks yet in experiment? Does the freedom energy match the theoretical models?
 
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There is no freedom energy. They get freer and freer as the energy goes up.
 
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