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Tan Jay De

3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025DETA02

Tan Jay De has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 297th in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2025, he has put 44 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in November 2025 to 9.48, a 32% improvement. Tan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.48
signature single · Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×39.4812.66
top 6.1%297 / 3,773
5×51:16.041:22.06
top 16.1%138 / 617
4×444.5146.75
top 17.7%281 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed21.7724.82
top 25.4%384 / 1,327
6×62:37.602:39.76
early days — 3 solves98 / 232
7×74:03.474:05.40
early days — 3 solves87 / 188

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

Malaysia Cube Championship 2025: 13.86Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2026: 9.489.4813.861 Nov 202522 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 16.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.