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People · Macau, China

Ip Wang Hei (葉泓希)

3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024HEII03

Ip Wang Hei (葉泓希) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Macau, China. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2024, he has put 118 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.07 in December 2024 to 9.98, a 50% improvement. Ip has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.98
signature single · Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026
118
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMacau, China
3×39.9813.44
top 7.4%6 / 52
2×22.794.50
top 11.9%4 / 33
3×3 one-handed21.0536.80
top 23.4%4 / 12
Pyraminx7.9810.83
top 36.0%6 / 10
4×41:21.53
early days — 1 solve12 / 16
Clock18.2218.57
top 59.4%5 / 6
Skewb11.2014.05
top 61.9%8 / 10
3×3 Fewest Moves65 moves
early days — 1 solve5 / 5

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

Shenzhen Open 2024: 20.07Zhuhai Open 2025: 15.38Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 13.48Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 13.04Foshan Open 2026: 12.58Guangzhou GraDUAL 3x3 II 2026: 9.989.9820.077 Dec 202419 Aug 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 1.98 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.