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Nieh Zee Ernn Ryan (聶資恩)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016RYAN06

Nieh Zee Ernn Ryan (聶資恩) has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.06, set at Selangor Ace Cube 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Malaysia. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,268 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.16 in October 2016 to 7.87, a 59% improvement. Nieh has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.9% of 73,695 all-time
11.06
signature single · Selangor Ace Cube 2023
1,268
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×3 one-handed11.0614.23
top 1.9%25 / 1,327
3×37.879.89
top 2.6%113 / 3,773
2×21.973.64
top 4.5%106 / 2,541
4×433.0636.41
top 5.0%77 / 1,219
Pyraminx3.636.88
top 6.0%106 / 1,723
5×51:06.701:13.07
top 9.5%77 / 617
Megaminx1:03.931:14.75
top 12.1%99 / 518
Skewb4.546.01
top 14.8%169 / 1,053
6×62:17.302:21.31
top 19.1%63 / 232
Square-118.3923.54
top 24.3%100 / 364
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.00
top 26.7%40 / 112
7×74:00.254:17.33
top 30.8%80 / 188
Clock11.8214.92
top 34.1%150 / 406
3×3 blindfolded9:44.68—
early days — 1 solve169 / 169

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

INTI IU Open 2016: 19.16Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 14.73Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 12.59MYCA Cube Day 2017: 9.00Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 9.36Malaysian Cube Championship 2017: 9.43Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 9.00Selangor Cube Open 2019: 9.64Petaling Jaya Cubing Comeback 2022: 9.93YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 9.00Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 8.95Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 8.69Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024: 9.04Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024: 9.10Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 7.87gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 8.50One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 8.47XMUM Cube Open 2026: 8.291 Shamelin Cube Open 2026: 8.64Selangor Cube Open 2026: 8.647.8719.161 Oct 201625 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.