People · Malaysia
Cheong Xuan Bin
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024BINC01
Cheong Xuan Bin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at XMUM Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2024, he has put 230 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.61 in May 2024 to 11.94, a 28% improvement. Cheong has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 3.77 | top 3.5% | 80 / 2,541 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.08 | 8.95 | top 13.7% | 269 / 1,723 | |
| 3×3 | 11.94 | 13.17 | top 13.7% | 729 / 3,773 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.71 | 20.03 | top 17.0% | 246 / 1,327 | |
| 4×4 | 44.57 | 53.35 | top 17.8% | 283 / 1,219 | |
| Square-1 | 38.65 | 48.98 | top 63.7% | 259 / 364 | |
| Clock | 26.44 | 35.71 | top 79.2% | 324 / 406 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at PHS Johor Cube Open 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025.
- 27 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024.
- 25 May 2024First competition: Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024. A 16.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- PHS Johor Cube Open 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 · 25 May 2024
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.
- Harith Lim — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sri Ganesh Krishna — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.