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Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良)

Pyraminx · top 0.14% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LIAN10

Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at XMUM Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Malaysia. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since April 2018, he has put 2,193 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.60 in April 2018 to 6.46, an 83% improvement. Ephraim has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.14% of 129,321 all-time
1.18
signature single · XMUM Cube Open 2025
2,193
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
Pyraminx1.182.22
top 0.14%4 / 1,723
3×36.468.17
top 0.82%32 / 3,773
2×21.372.85
top 1.6%36 / 2,541
4×428.7733.44
top 2.2%36 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed11.3914.02
top 2.3%29 / 1,327
5×554.381:01.57
top 3.1%24 / 617
Skewb2.674.11
top 3.5%40 / 1,053
6×61:46.241:55.71
top 5.9%20 / 232
Megaminx55.511:03.79
top 7.7%59 / 518
7×72:54.253:10.96
top 9.0%28 / 188
Clock7.908.72
top 14.8%59 / 406
Square-119.8131.73
top 27.6%112 / 364
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
top 40.9%53 / 112

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

USM Penang Cube 2018: 37.60Unikl MFI Open 2018: 26.27STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019: 20.32Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 14.86Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 15.83Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019: 11.04Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 10.46Selangor Cube Open 2019: 11.48Johor Cube Open 2022: 9.18YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.34Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.96Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 8.19Penang Cube Open 2022: 7.77Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 8.46Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 7.84Stulang Cube Party 2023: 6.86XMUM Cube Open 2023: 8.22Kedah Cube Open 2023: 7.20Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023: 7.49Penang Cube Masters 2023: 7.63Johor Mini 2023: 8.08Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 8.68Johor Cube Open 2024: 8.15Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024: 7.78Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 7.90Penang Cube Masters 2024: 6.50Sleepless in Selangor 2025: 7.92XMUM Cube Open 2025: 7.81UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025: 7.63IUKL Final Solve 2025: 7.34gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 6.46Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.73Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 7.29Penang Cube Masters 2025: 8.27Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025: 7.39XMUM Cube Open 2026: 7.42Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026: 7.45Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 6.876.4637.6028 Apr 201822 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.