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Francis Wong Jia Yen

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009JIAY01

Francis Wong Jia Yen has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.03, set at YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Malaysia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2009, he has put 808 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.80 in February 2009 to 7.03, a 74% improvement. Francis has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.03
signature single · YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022
808
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×37.039.63
top 1.4%60 / 3,773
4×428.6432.55
top 2.1%35 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed13.4117.79
top 5.1%70 / 1,327
5×51:01.241:05.51
top 6.2%51 / 617
2×22.945.08
top 13.6%368 / 2,541
Megaminx1:24.691:33.17
top 24.8%171 / 518
Pyraminx9.6114.27
top 49.9%1,004 / 1,723
3×3 blindfolded3:36.94—
top 62.8%97 / 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

Singapore Open 2009: 26.80Malaysian Open 2009: 13.96Rubik's Cube Singapore Open 2010: 12.55Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 10.52NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 9.71Cyber Open 2011: 10.50Cube Fever 2011: 8.16Singapore Open 2012: 8.22Cyber Open 2012: 9.46Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 9.33Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 9.55Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2014: 8.63Melaka Open 2014: 7.18Texas Two-Day Showdown 2015: 9.40Singapore Cubewerkz Open 2016: 7.93Johor Open 2016: 8.29College Station Qualifier 2017: 8.70Yeehaw 2017: 8.04Howdy Partner 2018: 8.51Forest City Johor Open 2018: 8.16Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 7.53Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 9.31YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 7.03Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 9.157.0326.8028 Feb 20091 Dec 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.