People · Malaysia
Javier Lim Zhen Cheng
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEJ14
Javier Lim Zhen Cheng has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.84, set at Penang Cube Masters 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in Malaysia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since November 2025, he has put 46 official solves on the record across ten events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.84 | 12.13 | top 4.5% | 229 / 3,825 | |
| 4×4 | 38.77 | 45.31 | top 10.7% | 186 / 1,228 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.02 | 1:21.49 | top 16.2% | 140 / 623 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 4.75 | top 25.7% | 762 / 2,582 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.56 | 2:45.97 | early days — 3 solves | 86 / 235 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.43 | 33.47 | top 38.1% | 609 / 1,350 | |
| Skewb | 8.01 | 13.09 | top 41.4% | 499 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.56 | 13.83 | top 49.5% | 1,009 / 1,746 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 417 / 519 | |
| Square-1 | 2:00.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 362 / 365 |
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 story so far
- 15 Nov 2025First competition: Penang Cube Masters 2025. A 10.11 3×3 single to start from.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.84 at Penang Cube Masters 2025.
Competitions
- Penang Cube Masters 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Terence Lai Yu Kit (黎宇杰) — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Lim Kai Yi — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 8.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.