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Chia Poh Xuan

5×5 · top 0.17% of 40,792 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022XUAN11

Chia Poh Xuan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 40.17, set at UniKL MIAT Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Malaysia. Until July 2017, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,365 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.76 in October 2022 to 6.33, a 28% improvement. Chia has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.17% of 40,792 all-time
40.17
signature single · UniKL MIAT Cube Open 2026
1,365
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
5×540.1747.41
top 0.17%3 / 617
3×36.337.60
top 0.7%28 / 3,773
4×425.2629.79
top 0.76%11 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed10.0112.63
top 1.1%11 / 1,327
2×21.332.43
top 1.5%32 / 2,541
Pyraminx2.343.67
top 1.8%28 / 1,723
7×72:16.182:25.49
top 1.9%10 / 188
6×61:32.141:34.89
top 2.3%10 / 232
Megaminx47.8552.20
top 4.2%30 / 518
Skewb3.275.21
top 6.4%66 / 1,053
Square-110.2213.07
top 6.5%24 / 364
Clock7.318.68
top 12.2%52 / 406
3×3 blindfolded3:39.12—
early days — 3 solves98 / 169

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

Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.76Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 9.47Penang Cube Open 2022: 7.99Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 6.33UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.89Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 7.70Stulang Cube Party 2023: 6.99XMUM Cube Open 2023: 7.44IUKL SOR 2023: 7.95Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 6.92UoSM Cube Open 2024: 6.73UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025: 7.78gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 7.47One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 7.39Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025: 6.68XMUM Cube Open 2026: 7.13Selangor Cube Open 2026: 6.87Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 7.256.339.4715 Oct 202222 Aug 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-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.