People · Malaysia
Lee Hoween
5×5 · top 0.51% of 40,792 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016HOWE03
Lee Hoween has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 43.64, set at Malaysia Cube Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.51% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Malaysia. Until November 2016, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2016, he has put 888 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.64 in April 2016 to 6.20, a 67% improvement. Lee has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 43.64 | 51.12 | top 0.51% | 4 / 617 | |
| 7×7 | 1:59.38 | 2:07.27 | top 0.53% | 2 / 188 | |
| 3×3 | 6.20 | 8.79 | top 0.62% | 22 / 3,773 | |
| 4×4 | 26.34 | 29.73 | top 1.1% | 20 / 1,219 | |
| 6×6 | 1:25.69 | 1:32.35 | top 1.2% | 7 / 232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.85 | 15.53 | top 7.8% | 119 / 1,327 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.71 | 1:11.89 | top 12.5% | 103 / 518 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 3.93 | top 12.8% | 340 / 2,541 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:14.97 | — | top 17.8% | 25 / 169 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 39.33 | early days — 3 solves | 49 / 112 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 11:09.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18 / 31 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.17 | 16.77 | top 78.5% | 1,474 / 1,723 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 6 cubes · 55:48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 35 / 48 | |
| Skewb | 17.35 | 19.56 | top 84.8% | 939 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 22 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2019.
- 15 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019.
Competitions
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Merdeka Mind Games 2019 · 16 Sep 2019
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Forest City Johor Open 2018 · 15 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Johor Cube Open 2018 · 11 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- MYCA Cube Day 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Foon Yew Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Forest City Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2016 · 20 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- INTI IU Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Johor Open 2016 · 31 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- IsYou Cube Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 76 times · head to head
- Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) — met in 119 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 3.64 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.