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Hoe Zi Yang

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012YANG01

Hoe Zi Yang has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Forest City Johor Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 140th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since February 2012, he has put 513 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.31 in February 2012 to 8.07, a 51% improvement. Hoe has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.07
signature single · Forest City Johor Open 2018
513
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×38.079.85
top 2.9%140 / 3,773
4×436.0044.13
top 7.7%126 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed16.7321.58
top 11.9%170 / 1,327
5×51:19.891:39.10
top 19.0%158 / 617
2×24.535.53
top 33.3%1,025 / 2,541
Skewb10.9321.67
top 60.4%708 / 1,053
Pyraminx14.0218.57
top 77.9%1,464 / 1,723
Clock28.24—
early days — 3 solves341 / 406

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 2012: 16.31Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 12.19Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2015: 10.59Foon Yew Open 2015: 9.93Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 11.31Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016: 9.77Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 9.65Forest City Open 2017: 8.69MYCA Cube Day 2017: 8.87Forest City Johor Open 2018: 8.07UiTM Perak Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 11.62Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 10.05Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 10.18Petaling Jaya Cubing Comeback 2022: 9.16YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.50Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 9.60Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 9.63Stulang Cube Party 2023: 8.21XMUM Cube Open 2023: 9.07Kedah Cube Open 2023: 8.99Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 9.47Singapore Mini 2024: 9.63Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 10.23Singapore Championship 2025: 9.92One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 8.39Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025: 9.13PHS Johor Cube Open 2025: 9.17Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2026: 9.938.0716.3111 Feb 20125 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.