People · Malaysia
Ong Shi Xiong
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023XION03
Ong Shi Xiong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in Malaysia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2023, he has put 200 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in March 2023 to 8.88, a 47% improvement. Ong 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 | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 11.42 | top 4.6% | 230 / 3,773 | |
| 4×4 | 43.00 | 47.99 | top 15.8% | 254 / 1,219 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.68 | 1:27.22 | top 22.1% | 181 / 617 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.22 | 1:41.08 | top 25.7% | 174 / 518 | |
| 2×2 | 4.17 | 5.30 | top 28.7% | 870 / 2,541 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.74 | 3:06.20 | early days — 3 solves | 122 / 232 |
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
- 6 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.88 at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024.
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024.
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.95 at XMUM Cube Open 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023First competition: Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023. A 16.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Penang Cube Masters 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Malaysia Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 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 his.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.