People · Malaysia
Michelle Chew Ai Phin (周爱萍)
Clock · top 8.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014PHIN01
Michelle Chew Ai Phin (周爱萍) has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.21, set at gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025, puts her in the top 8.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Malaysia. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since September 2014, she has put 211 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 5 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 39.71 in September 2014 to 17.21, a 57% improvement. Michelle has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.21 | 7.23 | top 8.0% | 31 / 406 | |
| 3×3 | 17.21 | 23.13 | top 31.7% | 1,666 / 3,773 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.53 | 1:26.48 | top 50.3% | 766 / 1,219 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.99 | — | top 56.4% | 348 / 518 |
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 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.21 at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017.
- 18 Dec 2015First sub-30 3×3: 28.74 at Malaysian Cube Open 2015.
- 20 Sep 2014First competition: Taylor's SpeedCubing Challenge 2014. A 39.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- MegaClock x Yuanlao Juara Kuala Lumpur 2025 · 7 Dec 2025
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025 · 22 Jun 2025
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024
- Good Time at Beletime 2024 · 23 Jun 2024
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
- USM Penang Cube 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Malaysia Cube Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017
- MYCA Cube Day 2017 · 26 Aug 2017
- Foon Yew Open 2017 · 11 Jun 2017
- USM Penang Cube 2017 · 15 Apr 2017
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Forest City Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- IsYou Cube Open 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysian Cube Open 2015 · 18 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Taylor's SpeedCubing Challenge 2014 · 20 Sep 2014
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 her.
- Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wang Junwen (王俊文) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
Targets move as she improves.