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Pua Yi

3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YIPU01

Pua Yi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at USM Penang Cube 2019, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2018, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.56 in April 2018 to 8.40, a 20% improvement. Pua has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.40
signature single · USM Penang Cube 2019
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×38.409.43
top 3.5%173 / 3,773
3×3 one-handed13.5214.21
top 5.3%72 / 1,327
2×23.384.67
top 18.7%525 / 2,541

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

USM Penang Cube 2018: 10.56USM Penang Cube 2019: 8.408.4010.5628 Apr 201823 Mar 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.