People · Malaysia
Nicola Chiong Ming Khe
3×3 · top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019KHEN01
Nicola Chiong Ming Khe has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Malaysia. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2019, he has put 524 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.17 in June 2019 to 6.71, a 67% improvement. Nicola has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.71 | 8.28 | top 1.0% | 46 / 3,825 | |
| 5×5 | 50.19 | 54.68 | top 1.8% | 16 / 623 | |
| 4×4 | 28.20 | 32.03 | top 1.9% | 30 / 1,228 | |
| 6×6 | 1:49.52 | 1:59.48 | top 7.1% | 25 / 235 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.02 | top 9.7% | 241 / 2,582 | |
| 7×7 | 3:17.79 | 3:23.59 | top 15.6% | 42 / 189 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.77 | 6.98 | top 18.3% | 359 / 1,746 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 8.99 | top 29.1% | 372 / 1,065 |
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
- 28 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2026.
- 27 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024.
- 25 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at Selangor Ace Cube 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 2 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Selangor Ace Cube 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Muhammad Fitri Hakim Bin Dzulkarnain — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.