People · Singapore
Ralph Phua
2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PHUA01
Ralph Phua has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at NTU Speedcubing 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in Singapore. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since February 2017, he has put 461 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.34 in February 2017 to 2.36, a 46% improvement. Ralph has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.80 | top 7.6% | 116 / 1,053 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 6.78 | top 8.4% | 82 / 645 | |
| 3×3 | 11.60 | 14.08 | top 12.5% | 312 / 1,546 | |
| Skewb | 4.93 | 9.19 | top 17.6% | 86 / 353 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.23 | 28.16 | top 26.7% | 186 / 460 | |
| Clock | 10.53 | 13.13 | top 27.6% | 94 / 178 | |
| Square-1 | 30.38 | 38.01 | top 50.1% | 95 / 132 | |
| 4×4 | 2:26.40 | 2:50.48 | top 90.9% | 440 / 462 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Batam Rainy Speedcubing 2017.
- 16 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Batam Rainy Speedcubing 2017.
- 23 Apr 2017Four personal bests in one day at Batam Mini Competition 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017First competition: Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017. A 16.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- NTU Speedcubing 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing B 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Mini 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Mofun & FIS Cubing 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- Singapore Mini 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- Singapore MentalMatrix Open 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- NTU Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Batam Rainy Speedcubing 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Special 2017 · 18 Jun 2017
- Batam Mini Competition 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017 · 18 Feb 2017
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.
- Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.