People · Malaysia
Lao Jia Rong
2×2 · top 3.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024RONG02
Lao Jia Rong has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2024, he has put 374 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.67 in July 2024 to 8.48, a 46% improvement. Lao has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.02 | top 3.2% | 72 / 2,582 | |
| 3×3 | 8.48 | 10.43 | top 3.7% | 192 / 3,825 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.37 | 5.02 | top 5.0% | 90 / 1,746 | |
| Skewb | 3.59 | 6.65 | top 8.3% | 94 / 1,065 | |
| 4×4 | 40.12 | 42.37 | top 12.3% | 204 / 1,228 | |
| Megaminx | 1:06.75 | 1:13.80 | top 13.9% | 111 / 519 | |
| Clock | 10.55 | 13.38 | top 27.6% | 129 / 415 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.28 | 28.40 | top 32.4% | 518 / 1,350 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.94 | 1:53.50 | top 33.9% | 262 / 623 | |
| Square-1 | 55.74 | 1:25.11 | top 80.9% | 312 / 365 |
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
- 25 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Selangor Cube Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025.
- 9 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Eight personal bests in one day at One Shamelin Cube Open 2025.
- 4 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at IUKL Final Solve 2025.
Competitions
- Seremban Cube Challenge 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- IUKL Final Solve 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024
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.
- Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Dylan Ng Xu Yang — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Goh Yu Ze (吴禹歵) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.