People · Malaysia
Tan Kwan Yang
3×3 one-handed · top 0.19% of 73,695 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017YANT03
Tan Kwan Yang has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 7.93, set at Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026, puts him in the top 0.19% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Malaysia. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2017, he has put 830 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.79 in December 2017 to 5.63, a 48% improvement. Tan has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 one-handed | 7.93 | 11.75 | top 0.19% | 2 / 1,327 | |
| Skewb | 1.30 | 3.14 | top 0.2% | 4 / 1,053 | |
| 3×3 | 5.63 | 7.91 | top 0.3% | 9 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 1.80 | 3.05 | top 3.6% | 83 / 2,541 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 4.42 | top 3.6% | 61 / 1,723 | |
| 4×4 | 36.11 | 38.94 | top 7.8% | 128 / 1,219 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 16 / 112 |
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
- 27 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Selangor Cube Open 2019.
- 20 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018.
- 30 Dec 2017First competition: Malaysian Cube Championship 2017. A 11.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Malaysia Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- UoSM Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- IUKL SOR 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Penang Cube Open 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Selangor Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Unikl MFI Open 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysian Cube Championship 2017 · 30 Dec 2017 — 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.
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Ephraim Lim Shao Liang (林绍良) — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.