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Rafael Fong Kang Li (方康力)

Skewb · top 0.56% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022LIRA01

Rafael Fong Kang Li (方康力) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at XMUM Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.56% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Malaysia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,290 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 4.71 in September 2022 to 1.59, a 66% improvement. Rafael has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.56% of 73,281 all-time
1.59
signature single · XMUM Cube Open 2025
1,290
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
Skewb1.592.46
top 0.56%9 / 1,053
4×428.3836.54
top 1.9%32 / 1,219
3×37.949.32
top 2.7%123 / 3,773
Pyraminx2.784.25
top 2.9%47 / 1,723
2×21.883.72
top 4.0%94 / 2,541
3×3 one-handed13.3117.67
top 4.9%67 / 1,327
5×51:01.201:07.79
top 6.2%50 / 617
Megaminx52.9159.70
top 6.4%49 / 518
6×62:11.682:39.83
top 16.1%54 / 232
Square-119.5329.39
top 26.9%108 / 364
7×73:50.453:58.38
top 27.3%69 / 188
Clock11.6712.47
top 33.4%147 / 406

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

YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 4.71Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 3.16Malaysia Cube Championship 2022: 4.19Penang Cube Open 2022: 2.83Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 2.74Singapore AMK CC Cubing A 2023: 2.87Vietnam Championship 2023: 2.60XMUM Cube Open 2023: 2.84IUKL SOR 2023: 1.74Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 1.70Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024: 2.34Sunway Velocity Mall Open 2024: 2.74Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 2.90Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024: 2.78Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 2.42Penang Cube Masters 2024: 2.12XMUM Cube Open 2025: 1.59One Shamelin Cube Open 2025: 2.73Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025: 2.10Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 2.03XMUM Cube Open 2026: 2.191 Shamelin Cube Open 2026: 1.80Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026: 1.96Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 2.551.594.712 Sep 202222 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.