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Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文)

5×5 · top 0.57% of 40,792 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012WENI01

Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 44.29, set at Johor Big Cube Challenge 2022, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Malaysia. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 182 competitions since September 2012, he has put 7,600 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.38 in September 2012 to 6.29, a 56% improvement. Ivan has entered 182 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.57% of 40,792 all-time
44.29
signature single · Johor Big Cube Challenge 2022
7,600
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
5×544.2948.74
top 0.57%7 / 617
4×424.7328.59
top 0.64%9 / 1,219
6×61:20.501:28.76
top 0.65%4 / 232
3×36.298.87
top 0.68%26 / 3,773
Megaminx37.8843.27
top 1.1%10 / 518
2×21.252.77
top 1.2%21 / 2,541
7×72:10.072:16.64
top 1.2%5 / 188
3×3 one-handed12.3815.91
top 3.5%46 / 1,327
Pyraminx3.214.83
top 4.4%76 / 1,723
Square-110.6117.40
top 7.2%29 / 364
Skewb3.506.52
top 7.8%82 / 1,053
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%22 / 112
3×3 blindfolded1:22.091:52.64
top 20.4%33 / 169
Clock9.8612.23
top 24.4%119 / 406
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 5:38—
early days — 1 solve29 / 48

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

Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 14.38Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 11.50Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2014: 10.16Melaka Open 2014: 10.52Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2015: 11.33Foon Yew Open 2015: 8.66Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 10.18IsYou Cube Open 2016: 9.17Johor Open 2016: 7.08INTI IU Open 2016: 8.50Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 8.55Forest City Open 2017: 8.14Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 9.72USM Penang Cube 2017: 8.81Foon Yew Open 2017: 8.58SNZ Northern 2017: 9.38Supreme South Open 2017: 8.66Australian Nationals 2017: 8.73Hamilton Spring 2017: 8.93Batam Rainy Speedcubing 2017: 8.74Malaysian Cube Championship 2017: 8.40Medan Open 2018: 9.63Johor Cube Open 2018: 8.46Singapore Cube Championship 2018: 9.36Mind Games 2018: 8.53Canberra Autumn 2018: 8.55Palmerston North 2018: 8.14Medan All Events 2018: 7.57Forest City Johor Open 2018: 7.16PSC Open 2018: 8.68Batam Open 2018: 8.42WCA Asian Championship 2018: 7.45Sabah Cube Open 2018: 9.09Sumatra Open 2018: 7.72Fontwell Open 2019: 7.87Manchester Open 2019: 8.21Welsh Open 2019: 8.30Norwegian Championship 2019: 8.67Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 8.29Hamburg International 2019: 6.94Lincoln Open 2019: 8.05High Wycombe Open 2019: 8.07FLIP Open 2019: 7.35Leeds Open 2019: 8.07SSL 3 Varberg 2019: 7.54Indonesian Championship 2019: 8.23Sabah Cube Open 2019: 8.16Weston-super-Mare Open 2019: 8.30Malta Open 2019: 7.31Pahang Cube Open 2019: 7.83Taiwan Championship 2019: 8.46Cebu Speedcubing Year End 2019: 7.63Selangor Cube Open 2019: 7.92Minx C-Open-hagen 2020: 6.29Basel Open 2020: 8.73Hamburg International 2020: 8.38Iceland Open 2020: 8.14Manchester Open 2020: 7.78Petaling Jaya Cubing Comeback 2022: 8.73Toba Cubetastrophe 2022: 9.74Medan Revival 2022: 7.97Johor Cube Open 2022: 7.86Taman Anggrek Speedcubing A 2022: 6.93Bangkok Cube Fest 2022: 8.24Ho Chi Minh Open 2022: 7.52Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 7.53Penang Cube Open 2022: 8.45Singapore Championship 2023: 8.90Hanoi Super Brain Zyo 2023: 7.63UoSM Cube Day 2023: 9.15Medan Speedcubing Festival 2023: 6.87UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 8.39STEM Cube Open Penang 2023: 8.44Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 8.97Medan Speedcube Challenge 2023: 8.18Vietnam Championship 2023: 7.88Hanoi Summer 2023: 8.56Stulang Cube Party 2023: 7.67XMUM Cube Open 2023: 8.07Kedah Cube Open 2023: 8.56IUKL SOR 2023: 8.24Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023: 7.06Penang Cube Masters 2023: 9.21Johor Mini 2023: 8.85Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 8.50Taiwan Championship 2023: 8.83Changsha Open 2023: 6.88NxN in Hanoi 2024: 8.49MYHM Singapore Championship 2024: 8.05Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024: 8.44UoSM Cube Open 2024: 8.57Ho Chi Minh Spring 2024: 7.67Surabaya Showdown 2024: 8.10Singapore Mini 2024: 9.19Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024: 8.48Johor Cube Open 2024: 8.23Hari-Hari Horas 5: Simalem Cubetastrophe 2024: 9.22Vietnam Championship 2024: 8.25Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 7.76Hanoi COP Open 2024: 8.24Hsinchu Summer Open 2024: 7.82Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024: 7.84UTP Cube Open 2024: 7.99Kedah Cube Open 2024: 8.36Guilin Open 2024: 8.66Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 9.63Cool Down Singapore 2024: 7.91Hong Kong Championship 2024: 7.54cubingHCM 3x3 Winter 2024: 7.37Singapore Championship 2025: 8.97UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025: 7.78USM Penang Cube 2025: 8.26Zhuhai Open 2025: 7.14Cavite Speedcubing Open XI 2025: 9.13Balam Cubes Jakarta Masters 2025: 9.71Vietnam Championship 2025: 8.18PHS Johor Cube Open 2025: 7.67Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 8.32Xuzhou Open 2025: 8.31MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026: 7.89Zhangzhou Open 2026: 8.18Ulanqab Small Cubes 2026: 8.206.2914.382 Sep 201229 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-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 4.29 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.