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Michael Ngan (顏律言)

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016NGAN02

Michael Ngan (顏律言) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since August 2016, he has put 1,366 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.18 in August 2016 to 7.61, a 42% improvement. Michael has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.49
signature single · HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025
1,366
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×21.494.14
top 2.1%31 / 855
3×37.6110.04
top 2.1%49 / 1,347
4×4 blindfolded2:20.963:23.37
top 4.4%2 / 15
3×3 blindfolded31.2233.12
top 4.5%6 / 65
4×433.7536.93
top 5.6%51 / 423
5×5 blindfolded5:48.168:20.39
top 6.3%3 / 7
Pyraminx3.846.21
top 6.9%49 / 431
5×51:03.951:11.46
top 7.8%34 / 192
Skewb3.837.12
top 9.8%36 / 285
3×3 one-handed16.0222.29
top 10.3%63 / 361
6×62:03.442:16.12
top 12.4%27 / 87
Megaminx1:05.051:10.12
top 12.7%34 / 154
7×73:09.503:22.37
top 13.1%23 / 74
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves33.33
top 14.8%24 / 76
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 25:50—
top 18.6%4 / 25
Square-126.1530.41
top 41.8%72 / 126
Clock17.7521.46
top 58.0%116 / 156

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

Arnold Classic Asia 2016: 13.18Hong Kong Cube Day 2017: 11.99Hong Kong Open 2017: 12.19Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019: 10.94Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 8.96Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2019: 10.17Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019: 8.91Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 10.35Blue Water Bridge Open 2022: 10.23Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 10.79Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.61Battle of Waterloo 2022: 9.72Ohio State Fall Gray 2022: 8.85Iowa Fall 2022: 9.61Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 10.46Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 10.54Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 7.91Hong Kong Championship 2023: 9.59Chichester January 2025: 9.34Manchester February 2025: 9.24Peterborough Odd Day 2025: 8.43Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 9.41Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 9.98Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.91HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 8.92Hampshire Autumn 2025: 9.14Portugal Championship 2025: 10.11Edinburgh Winter 2026: 8.88Leeds Spring 2026: 10.107.6113.1820 Aug 201611 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.