People · Malaysia
Gabriel Chong Chow Chuen
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CHUE02
Gabriel Chong Chow Chuen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 176th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2022, he has put 486 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.77 in September 2022 to 8.43, an 80% improvement. Gabriel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.43 | 10.21 | top 3.6% | 176 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.54 | top 7.0% | 171 / 2,541 | |
| Skewb | 3.82 | 5.24 | top 9.7% | 105 / 1,053 | |
| Clock | 7.11 | 8.16 | top 11.3% | 47 / 406 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.06 | 6.83 | top 13.5% | 265 / 1,723 | |
| Square-1 | 14.91 | 17.50 | top 16.2% | 69 / 364 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.18 | 22.43 | top 18.3% | 265 / 1,327 | |
| 4×4 | 48.87 | 54.96 | top 23.3% | 373 / 1,219 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.86 | — | top 59.7% | 363 / 518 |
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 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.43 at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2025.
- 4 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at IUKL Final Solve 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Penang Cube Masters 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024.
Competitions
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IUKL Final Solve 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sri Ganesh Krishna — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Rafael Fong Kang Li (方康力) — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.