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Lau Yi En James
4×4 · top 10.0% of 83,917 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018JAME02
Lau Yi En James has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 38.19, set at Singapore Max 2024, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Singapore. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. Lau 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 | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 38.19 | 39.52 | top 10.0% | 87 / 462 | |
| 3×3 | 10.87 | 12.84 | top 10.1% | 255 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 1:59.06 | 2:20.03 | top 10.7% | 30 / 125 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.27 | 1:17.53 | top 14.0% | 63 / 251 | |
| 7×7 | 3:17.11 | 3:22.69 | top 15.4% | 29 / 96 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.30 | 24.32 | top 15.9% | 118 / 460 | |
| 2×2 | 4.73 | 5.67 | top 35.9% | 478 / 1,053 |
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, 5×5. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at NTU Big Cube Open 2022.
- 24 Feb 2018First competition: Singapore Cube Championship 2018. A 11.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mega Time Singapore 2024 · 18 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore 50 and Counting 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Max 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NTU Big Cube Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 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.
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Seah Tze Siang (谢智翔) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.19 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.