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Gooi Ying Chyi

2×2 · top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009CHYI01

Gooi Ying Chyi has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 129th in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2009, he has put 178 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.94 in November 2009 to 2.11, a 46% improvement. Gooi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.11
signature single · Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012
178
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
2×22.114.56
top 5.5%129 / 2,541
Square-111.0216.62
top 8.0%36 / 364
3×313.3816.14
top 18.8%1,003 / 3,773
4×41:05.001:13.10
top 41.8%648 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed30.4033.25
top 47.5%763 / 1,327
5×52:20.532:42.24
top 61.3%441 / 617
Megaminx2:34.062:44.44
early days — 3 solves376 / 518
Pyraminx12.3814.23
top 69.5%1,326 / 1,723
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
early days — 2 solves100 / 112
Clock35.2842.73
top 90.0%372 / 406
3×3 blindfolded8:33.34
early days — 1 solve165 / 169
Skewb34.751:56.73
top 98.3%1,045 / 1,053

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

Malaysian Open 2009: 3.94Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 4.38Malaysia Cube Open 2012: 4.72Taylor's Cube Open 2012: 4.17Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 2.11Taylor's Cube Open 2013: 4.09Melaka Open 2014: 4.382.114.7228 Nov 200919 Jul 2014

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 1.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.