People · Singapore
Koh Zi Yi
Square-1 · top 0.59% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022YIKO01
Koh Zi Yi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.67, set at Back to Downtown Singapore 2026, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Singapore. Until March 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,937 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.92 in December 2022 to 7.05, a 45% improvement. Koh has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 5.67 | 7.88 | top 0.59% | 4 / 132 | |
| 4×4 | 25.76 | 28.75 | top 0.92% | 14 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 46.52 | 51.06 | top 0.92% | 12 / 251 | |
| 3×3 | 7.05 | 8.35 | top 1.4% | 42 / 1,546 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 3.08 | top 1.7% | 24 / 645 | |
| 6×6 | 1:29.49 | 1:36.55 | top 1.8% | 13 / 125 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.46 | 14.05 | top 2.3% | 25 / 460 | |
| 7×7 | 2:22.87 | 2:27.92 | top 2.7% | 12 / 96 | |
| Megaminx | 47.54 | 52.02 | top 4.0% | 20 / 195 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 3.76 | top 4.6% | 79 / 1,053 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 6.19 | top 11.4% | 59 / 353 | |
| Clock | 8.66 | 9.86 | top 18.3% | 59 / 178 |
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
- 20 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Sprint November 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Two-Day Nov 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Polytechnic September Showdown 2025.
- 6 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coping in July Singapore 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cool Down Singapore 2024.
Competitions
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Singapore Aug Even 2026 · 2 Aug 2026
- Odd July Singapore 2026 · 12 Jul 2026
- NUS Clock Clash 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Double or Nothing Parity Mayhem 2026 · 24 May 2026
- NUS Masters 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mid March Singapore 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Downtown Singapore 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Warm Up January 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Sprint November 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Two-Day Nov 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Polytechnic September Showdown 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NUS Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Independence Day 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- Coping in July Singapore 2025 · 6 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Mofunland Cruise 2025 · 26 Jun 2025
- Please No Tips Singapore June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Singapore Jumbo June 2025 · 8 Jun 2025
- No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Singapore Mid April 2025 · 20 Apr 2025
- OH My March Singapore 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Skewby March 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Singapore 2025 · 1 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Freeze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Marine Terrace Breeze RN 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Masters 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mega Time Singapore 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Sprint 2024 · 11 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cecil Singapore Playoffs 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Clock Clash 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore 50 and Counting 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Max 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Singapore Mini 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Special 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Sides Standoff 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MYHM Singapore Championship 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Singapore Masters 2023 · 24 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NTU Speedcubing 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing B 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- NTU Welcome 2023 · 31 Dec 2022
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 338 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Koh Zi Qian — met in 279 rounds, finished ahead 164 times · head to head
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 263 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.