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People · Hong Kong, China

Nathan Lap Chun Ling (凌立晉)

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LING05

Nathan Lap Chun Ling (凌立晉) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Hong Kong Cube Day 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2023, he has put 562 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.00 in March 2023 to 1.52, a 62% improvement. Nathan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.52
signature single · Hong Kong Cube Day 2024
562
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×21.521.93
top 2.2%32 / 855
Pyraminx2.794.32
top 3.0%24 / 431
3×38.129.78
top 3.0%91 / 1,347
Skewb3.215.32
top 6.1%26 / 285
4×441.2348.14
top 13.6%104 / 423
Clock8.048.60
top 15.4%46 / 156
3×3 one-handed18.7022.75
top 17.0%103 / 361
5×51:33.54—
top 30.3%103 / 192
Megaminx1:34.36—
top 30.9%76 / 154
Square-124.1831.72
top 37.2%70 / 126

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

Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 4.00Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 3.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 2.98Hong Kong Championship 2023: 2.24UoSM Cube Open 2024: 2.13Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 2.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 1.86Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 1.52Hong Kong Championship 2024: 1.67Singapore Championship 2025: 1.58Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 1.56Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 1.72HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 1.75Hong Kong Championship 2025: 1.82Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 1.681.524.0010 Mar 20236 Feb 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.52 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.