People · Malaysia
Lim Le Yang
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018YANL03
Lim Le Yang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.68, set at Manchester October 2025, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 330th in Malaysia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2018, he has put 181 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.42 in November 2018 to 9.68, a 33% improvement. Lim has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.68 | 11.54 | top 6.6% | 330 / 3,773 | |
| 4×4 | 37.62 | 43.52 | top 9.4% | 158 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.12 | 25.58 | top 10.5% | 154 / 1,327 | |
| Skewb | 4.45 | 9.08 | top 14.1% | 155 / 1,053 | |
| 2×2 | 3.23 | 4.10 | top 17.0% | 465 / 2,541 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 9.80 | top 23.9% | 476 / 1,723 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.61 | 1:40.55 | top 28.0% | 189 / 518 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.02 | 1:54.58 | top 37.6% | 296 / 617 | |
| Square-1 | 35.62 | 45.86 | top 59.4% | 245 / 364 |
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 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Manchester October 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Manchester October 2025.
- 22 Nov 2019Five personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019Four personal bests in one day at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019.
- 3 Nov 2018First competition: Unikl MFI Open 2018. A 14.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 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.
- Eason Siew Ee Son (蕭奕晨) — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Muhammad Fitri Hakim Bin Dzulkarnain — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Darren Siew Ee Yaang (蕭奕暘) — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.