People · Malaysia
Malcolm Wong
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016WONG09
Malcolm Wong has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.05, set at Seremban Cube Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2016, he has put 494 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.06 in February 2017 to 8.05, a 62% improvement. Malcolm has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.05 | 10.10 | top 2.9% | 141 / 3,825 | |
| Square-1 | 10.67 | 14.17 | top 7.3% | 30 / 365 | |
| Skewb | 3.50 | 4.29 | top 7.8% | 83 / 1,065 | |
| Megaminx | 59.83 | 1:04.72 | top 10.0% | 79 / 519 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.89 | 7.33 | top 12.5% | 244 / 1,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.98 | 20.21 | top 12.6% | 187 / 1,350 | |
| 2×2 | 3.11 | 4.30 | top 15.6% | 432 / 2,582 | |
| 4×4 | 44.36 | 50.87 | top 17.5% | 278 / 1,228 | |
| Clock | 10.58 | 12.97 | top 27.8% | 130 / 415 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.28 | 2:05.56 | top 44.3% | 342 / 623 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Seremban Cube Challenge 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Selangor Cube Open 2026.
- 31 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025.
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at IUKL Final Solve 2025.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Seremban Cube Challenge 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- IUKL Final Solve 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- MYCA Cube Day 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Foon Yew Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2016 · 20 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- INTI IU Open 2016 · 1 Oct 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 76 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Nieh Zee Ernn Ryan (聶資恩) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Muhammad Razin Bin Roslan — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.