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Karen Tay Swee Ping

3×3 · top 55.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2011 · 2011PING01

Karen Tay Swee Ping has been competing for 15 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.45, set at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018, puts her in the top 55.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,678th in Malaysia. Across 2 competitions since June 2011, she has put 17 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 41.93 in June 2011 to 26.45, a 37% improvement. Karen has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 55.7% of 284,439 all-time
26.45
signature single · Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×326.4528.69
top 55.7%2,678 / 3,773
4×42:41.30
early days — 2 solves1,195 / 1,219
2×219.2823.77
top 95.1%2,491 / 2,541

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

Cyber Open 2011: 41.93Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 26.4526.4541.9311 Jun 20117 Apr 2018

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 41.30 away.

Targets move as she improves.