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Howard Wong Jun Yen (黄俊仁)

4×4 · top 2.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009JUNY01

Howard Wong Jun Yen (黄俊仁) has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 30.08, set at Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Malaysia. Until December 2011, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since February 2009, he has put 1,096 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.28 in February 2009 to 8.11, a 47% improvement. Howard has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 2.9% of 83,917 all-time
30.08
signature single · Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015
1,096
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
4×430.0835.39
top 2.9%43 / 1,219
3×38.119.48
top 3.0%144 / 3,773
3×3 one-handed14.4117.24
top 6.9%100 / 1,327
2×22.472.83
top 8.6%214 / 2,541
5×51:05.441:11.39
top 8.7%71 / 617
6×62:14.212:21.71
top 17.5%59 / 232
7×73:31.323:52.28
top 20.3%50 / 188
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
early days — 2 solves33 / 112
Megaminx1:48.962:04.33
top 39.7%252 / 518
Pyraminx9.7214.87
top 50.8%1,019 / 1,723
Square-136.611:07.10
top 60.7%249 / 364

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: 15.28Rubik's Cube Singapore Open 2010: 13.38Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 12.66Hong Kong Open 2010: 12.06Bali Cube Day 2010: 10.18Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 11.08NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 10.34Cyber Open 2011: 10.77Melbourne Winter Open 2011: 10.75Cube Fever 2011: 10.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 9.86Bandung Dua Tujuh 2011: 9.66Singapore Open 2012: 9.31Cyber Open 2012: 8.53Guangdong Open 2012: 9.13Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 9.02Taylor's Cube Open 2013: 9.02Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 9.38World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.32Guildford Open 2013: 8.92Melaka Open 2014: 9.65Hong Kong Summer Cube Day 2015: 8.118.1115.2828 Feb 200922 Aug 2015

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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.