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Chan Hong Lik

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012LIKC01

Chan Hong Lik has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.63, set at Porto Alegre Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in Brazil. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2012, he has put 202 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:04.94 in April 2012 to 8.63, an 87% improvement. Chan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.63
signature single · Porto Alegre Open 2016
202
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×38.639.70
top 4.0%178 / 9,644
2×21.982.99
top 4.6%140 / 5,137
3×3 one-handed20.7024.85
top 22.4%320 / 1,992
3×3 blindfolded1:44.17
top 28.1%67 / 333
4×42:09.11
early days — 1 solve1,459 / 1,855
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 6:32
early days — 2 solves104 / 117
5×54:25.79
early days — 2 solves752 / 845

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

Oficina Open 2012: 1:04.94SESC Santos 2012: 39.00Novo Hamburgo II 2012: 24.91Campeonato Brasileiro de Cubo Mágico 2013: 16.33Goiânia Open 2013: 13.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 8.76Porto Alegre Open 2015: 8.72Porto Alegre Open 2016: 8.638.631:04.9414 Apr 201215 Oct 2016

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.