People · Hong Kong, China
Ng Hoi Ying (吳鎧楹)
Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023YING03
Ng Hoi Ying (吳鎧楹) has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at Sandnes Winter 2025, puts her in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Hong Kong, China. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2023, she has put 257 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 12.00 in March 2023 to 9.61, a 20% improvement. Ng has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.80 | 5.55 | top 3.0% | 25 / 431 | |
| 3×3 | 9.61 | 11.73 | top 6.4% | 166 / 1,347 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 49.08 | 1:08.32 | top 9.6% | 9 / 65 | |
| 4×4 | 38.49 | 50.95 | top 10.3% | 82 / 423 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 33:32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5 / 25 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.54 | 1:41.93 | top 25.9% | 65 / 154 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:04.65 | 6:51.77 | early days — 3 solves | 5 / 15 | |
| Square-1 | 21.28 | 30.08 | top 30.8% | 67 / 126 | |
| 2×2 | 4.34 | 4.77 | top 30.9% | 352 / 855 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.03 | 1:41.29 | top 31.5% | 106 / 192 | |
| Skewb | 9.38 | 11.96 | top 51.0% | 186 / 285 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.59 | 37.82 | top 56.5% | 270 / 361 | |
| Clock | 19.57 | 30.40 | top 63.4% | 127 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Mar 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Bergen Spring 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Sandnes Winter 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Sandnes Winter 2025.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Hong Kong Cube Day 2023. A 12.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kaisaniemi Cubing 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bergen Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Sandnes Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Hong Kong Blind Legends 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 2024
- Changsha Open 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Hong Kong Big Cube Day 2023 · 30 Jul 2023
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Niklas Aasen Eliasson — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Marius Bergo Nielsen — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lukas Evanger — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
Targets move as she improves.