People · Malaysia
Tan Kang Rui
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024RUIT01
Tan Kang Rui has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Johor Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 135 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Tan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.89 | 9.63 | top 2.6% | 118 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 2.99 | top 6.5% | 156 / 2,541 | |
| 4×4 | 34.76 | 37.81 | top 6.5% | 105 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 18.60 | top 8.9% | 136 / 1,327 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.35 | 13.43 | top 9.4% | 177 / 1,723 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.26 | 1:22.59 | top 15.5% | 128 / 617 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 9.02 | top 24.7% | 302 / 1,053 |
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
- 23 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Good Time at Beletime 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First competition: Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024. A 8.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Good Time at Beletime 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ivan Lew Yi Wen (刘义文) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.