People · Malaysia
Elly Chai Hui Yi
3×3 · top 2.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022YIEL02
Elly Chai Hui Yi has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023, puts her in the top 2.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2022, she has put 438 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.95 in September 2022 to 7.85, a 44% improvement. Elly has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.85 | 9.40 | top 2.6% | 114 / 3,825 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.78 | top 2.9% | 66 / 2,582 | |
| Megaminx | 51.22 | 59.28 | top 5.7% | 40 / 519 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 7.83 | top 10.2% | 195 / 1,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.96 | 21.96 | top 15.0% | 225 / 1,350 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.73 | 1:25.93 | top 18.3% | 158 / 623 | |
| 4×4 | 46.35 | 53.66 | top 20.1% | 329 / 1,228 | |
| Square-1 | 21.81 | 28.28 | top 32.2% | 138 / 365 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.00 at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
Competitions
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
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 her.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead once
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as she improves.