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Joel Yaw Yu Lon

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018LONJ01

Joel Yaw Yu Lon has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2018, he has put 108 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 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.51 in November 2018 to 10.42, a 40% improvement. Joel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.74
signature single · Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
2×21.743.89
top 3.3%75 / 2,541
3×310.4212.17
top 8.7%449 / 3,773
Skewb5.718.31
top 23.5%288 / 1,053
4×451.9156.38
top 27.1%438 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed22.8125.36
top 28.2%441 / 1,327
Pyraminx7.3210.32
top 30.5%614 / 1,723
5×51:55.282:12.58
top 46.1%346 / 617
Megaminx2:05.24
early days — 2 solves300 / 518

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

Unikl MFI Open 2018: 17.51Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 10.48Sabah Cube Open 2019: 11.85Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019: 10.4210.4217.513 Nov 201812 Oct 2019

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.