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Kenneth Huang Kin Yip (黃建業)

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017YIPH02

Kenneth Huang Kin Yip (黃建業) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2017, he has put 238 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.85 in August 2017 to 7.72, a 54% improvement. Kenneth has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.72
signature single · Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019
238
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.7210.34
top 2.3%58 / 1,347

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

Hong Kong Open 2017: 16.85Yangjiang Open 2018: 12.26Dongguan Open 2018: 11.44GDSY Open 2018: 10.21Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 10.48Guangdong Open 2018: 11.13Hefei Summer 2018: 10.62Shenzhen Open 2018: 10.45Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 9.52Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 9.53China Championship 2018: 10.64Jieyang Winter 2019: 9.37Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 9.39GDSY Open 2019: 10.45Hengyang Open 2019: 10.21Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 9.51China Championship 2019: 10.57Dongguan Summer 2019: 10.57Zhanjiang Open 2019: 8.45Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 7.72Shenzhen Open 2019: 9.99Xiamen Winter 2019: 9.67Guilin Open 2021: 10.067.7216.8526 Aug 201716 May 2021

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.