People · Myanmar
Htet Wai Yan
Skewb · top 3.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023YANH02
Htet Wai Yan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.71, set at BQHS Spring Open 2026, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Myanmar. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2023, he has put 199 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.33 in December 2023 to 9.23, an 11% improvement. Htet has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Myanmar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.71 | 4.40 | top 3.7% | 1 / 8 | |
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 10.61 | top 5.4% | 5 / 15 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 7.37 | top 9.0% | 1 / 5 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1 / 2 | |
| 2×2 | 4.23 | 5.55 | top 29.5% | 5 / 11 | |
| Clock | 14.63 | 17.76 | top 46.5% | 5 / 7 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6 / 6 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5 / 7 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Zhongshan Open 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pingtung Winter Open 2025.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Phitsanulok Returns 2023. A 13.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BQHS Spring Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Taiwan Championship 2025 · 19 Dec 2025
- Thailand FMC Championship 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Taipei Summer Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chien Kuo Cubing Party 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Zhongshan Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pingtung Winter Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Taiwan Championship 2024 · 6 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Phitsanulok Returns 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Chao-Che Chung (鍾肇哲) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Wu Li (李悟) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Chuan-Chen Ho (何權宸) — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.