People · Malaysia
Lai Ping Hao
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024HAOL01
Lai Ping Hao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Kedah Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since September 2024, he has put 83 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Lai has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.42 | 10.37 | top 3.6% | 175 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 4.32 | top 4.2% | 99 / 2,541 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.37 | 20.32 | top 16.1% | 235 / 1,327 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kedah Cube Open 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: Kedah Cube Open 2024. A 10.62 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at Kedah Cube Open 2024.
Competitions
- Kedah Cube Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kedah Cube Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Loh Eng Tom — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Moy Jay Min — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chuah Yi Qian (蔡銥倩) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.