People · New Zealand
Miguel Yap
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025YAPM01
Miguel Yap has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Solve Well in Wellington 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2025, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Miguel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 6.40 | top 2.9% | 86 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 14.02 | 16.69 | top 21.0% | 438 / 2,095 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.17 | 1:35.57 | top 59.2% | 407 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.59 | 55.58 | top 71.1% | 408 / 600 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025First competition: Solve Well in Wellington 2025. A 19.17 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at Solve Well in Wellington 2025.
Competitions
- Farewellington 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Asbery — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Julian Sico — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.