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Albert So Yik Ban (蘇益品)

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SOAL01

Albert So Yik Ban (蘇益品) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,335 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.45 in July 2022 to 7.95, a 36% improvement. Albert has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.36
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024
1,335
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×21.363.70
top 1.6%23 / 855
3×37.959.60
top 2.7%78 / 1,347
3×3 one-handed14.1218.86
top 6.3%37 / 361
4×437.6342.35
top 9.4%75 / 423
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.33
top 12.2%22 / 76
Skewb4.226.99
top 12.4%49 / 285
Pyraminx4.897.20
top 12.5%83 / 431
5×51:21.051:25.51
top 20.0%81 / 192
Clock13.5415.40
top 42.0%92 / 156
Megaminx1:57.642:34.84
top 44.4%100 / 154
6×63:24.633:55.81
top 52.6%70 / 87
7×75:43.69—
early days — 3 solves61 / 74

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Parla Open 2022: 12.45Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 9.83Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023: 10.81Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2023: 9.45Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2023: 9.43Hong Kong Championship 2023: 9.62Hefei Winter Open 2023: 9.79Changsha Open 2023: 10.14Shenzhen Open 2023: 10.20Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 9.46Nanchang Spring 2024: 10.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 9.95Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 9.89Guilin Open 2024: 9.12Hong Kong Championship 2024: 9.10Shenzhen Open 2024: 9.69Hangzhou Open 2024: 9.16Linhai Newcomers 2025: 8.75Zhongshan Open 2025: 11.83Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025: 10.37Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 11.07Zhuhai Open 2025: 9.51Taipei Summer Open 2025: 9.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.43Taizhou Open 2025: 9.46Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2025: 8.51Jiangmen Open 2025: 7.95Ningbo Autumn 2025: 9.06HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 9.30Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 8.48Hong Kong Championship 2025: 9.74Shin Kong Cube Open - Taichung 2025: 9.18Hangzhou Winter 2025: 8.27Taiwan Championship 2025: 8.68Fuzhou Open 2026: 9.92Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 8.88MYHM HaNxNoi 2026: 8.42Kanto Spring 2026: 9.68Japan Championship 2026: 9.24Maru Cube Day Taiwan 2026: 8.997.9512.459 Jul 202225 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.