People · Australia
Kynan Yan
3×3 · top 0.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018YANK02
Kynan Yan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.03, set at Cool Down Singapore 2024, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in Australia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 151 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 19.00 in February 2018 to 11.28, a 41% improvement. Kynan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.03 | 8.34 | top 0.5% | 54 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.28 | 12.54 | top 2.1% | 55 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 30.66 | 34.72 | top 3.2% | 82 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 11.65 | 14.23 | top 9.2% | 90 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.44 | 1:13.32 | top 10.5% | 145 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.83 | 7.19 | top 12.1% | 568 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.20 | top 18.1% | 1,361 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 10.10 | top 34.5% | 979 / 3,534 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at OH My March Singapore 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cool Down Singapore 2024.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 7.71 at Singapore Cube Championship 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Five personal bests in one day at Singapore Cube Championship 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018First competition: Singapore Cube Championship 2018. A 10.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- OH My March Singapore 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- NTU Big Cube Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
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 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dylan Seah Tze Siang (谢智翔) — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.