People · Malaysia
Tai Hong Ming (戴宏洺)
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025MING05
Tai Hong Ming (戴宏洺) has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Malaysia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 264 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.77 in September 2025 to 8.12, a 31% improvement. Tai 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 | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.98 | 2.95 | top 1.1% | 18 / 1,723 | |
| Clock | 3.91 | 4.92 | top 2.2% | 9 / 406 | |
| 3×3 | 8.12 | 9.48 | top 3.0% | 146 / 3,773 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.10 | 23.47 | top 3.1% | 41 / 1,327 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.74 | top 10.0% | 250 / 2,541 | |
| Skewb | 4.39 | 5.80 | top 13.7% | 149 / 1,053 | |
| 4×4 | 44.20 | 47.04 | top 17.3% | 274 / 1,219 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Selangor Cube Open 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Nine personal bests in one day at MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2026.
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025.
- 9 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025.
Competitions
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- MyFamilyFest Speedcubing Challenge 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- PHS Johor Cube Open 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mofunland Speedcubing Singapore 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Harith Lim — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Cayden Teo — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.