People · Malaysia
Ng Li Xian (黄立炫)
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022XIAN10
Ng Li Xian (黄立炫) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at One Shamelin Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 341st in Malaysia. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 120 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Ng has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.77 | 11.48 | top 6.8% | 341 / 3,773 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 7.96 | top 19.5% | 382 / 1,723 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 4.49 | top 22.3% | 644 / 2,541 | |
| 4×4 | 51.53 | 56.60 | top 26.6% | 430 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.32 | 28.27 | top 29.6% | 464 / 1,327 | |
| Skewb | 9.61 | 10.96 | top 52.5% | 622 / 1,053 |
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
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at One Shamelin Cube Open 2025.
- 9 Dec 2022First competition: Malaysia Cube Championship 2022. A 10.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Chia Poh Xuan — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wang Junwen (王俊文) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.