People · Malaysia
Tan Ee Qian
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022QIAN02
Tan Ee Qian has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.99, set at XMUM Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Malaysia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2022, he has put 611 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.66 in July 2022 to 6.99, a 40% improvement. Tan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.99 | 8.97 | top 1.3% | 55 / 3,773 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 7.07 | top 3.1% | 52 / 1,723 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.52 | top 6.0% | 143 / 2,541 | |
| Skewb | 3.69 | 6.44 | top 8.9% | 99 / 1,053 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.91 | 19.80 | top 10.0% | 150 / 1,327 | |
| 4×4 | 38.21 | 41.43 | top 10.0% | 168 / 1,219 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.84 | 1:02.58 | top 10.5% | 83 / 518 | |
| 5×5 | 1:47.16 | 1:55.10 | top 40.6% | 315 / 617 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 76 / 112 | |
| Square-1 | 35.33 | 58.63 | top 59.0% | 242 / 364 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:47.47 | — | early days — 1 solve | 103 / 169 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at Penang Cube Masters 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at IUKL SOR 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 9 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2022.
- 2 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: Petaling Jaya Cubing Comeback 2022. A 11.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Masters 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- IUKL SOR 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- STEM Cube Open Penang 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Petaling Jaya Cubing Comeback 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead once
- Muhammad Fitri Hakim Bin Dzulkarnain — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.