People · Hong Kong, China
Sheung Yu Yau
3×3 · top 12.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023YAUS01
Sheung Yu Yau has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.50, set at Spark Melbourne July 2025, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 302nd in Hong Kong, China. Across 7 competitions since February 2023, he has put 148 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.65 in February 2023 to 11.50, a 55% improvement. Sheung has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 12.94 | top 12.2% | 302 / 1,424 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.89 | top 18.9% | 235 / 880 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.88 | 10.03 | top 35.2% | 219 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 7.40 | 20.61 | top 36.8% | 145 / 293 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.77 | 1:24.96 | top 54.9% | 319 / 447 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:27.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 382 / 384 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 6 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.44 at Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024.
- 6 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.88 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Saturday 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Peter Au — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.