People · Singapore
Jake Phua Zheng Jie
2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023JIEJ01
Jake Phua Zheng Jie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.21, set at Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Singapore. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 180 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.63 in April 2023 to 7.96, a 25% improvement. Jake has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.21 | 3.56 | top 1.1% | 21 / 1,064 | |
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 8.88 | top 2.7% | 80 / 1,559 | |
| 4×4 | 39.04 | 44.00 | top 11.1% | 101 / 466 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 173 / 254 | |
| Skewb | 11.57 | 12.74 | top 63.9% | 262 / 358 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 158 / 199 |
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
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Singapore 50 and Counting 2024.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: UoSM Cube Day 2023. A 10.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026
- Singapore Sprint November 2025 · 30 Nov 2025
- Singapore Kempinski Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore 50 and Counting 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Day 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akash Sreedharan (ஆகாஷ் ஸ்ரீதரன்) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.