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Tan Wei Ken

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009KENT01

Tan Wei Ken has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Selangor Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2009, he has put 379 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in July 2009 to 8.55, a 53% improvement. Tan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Selangor Cube Open 2019
379
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×38.5510.41
top 3.8%196 / 3,773
2×23.185.81
top 16.4%447 / 2,541
4×450.331:00.44
top 25.1%403 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed24.9132.24
top 34.0%534 / 1,327
5×51:48.172:07.74
top 41.3%320 / 617
3×3 blindfolded4:12.24
top 70.9%115 / 169
6×64:37.925:04.42
early days — 3 solves204 / 232
7×77:33.388:05.58
early days — 3 solves182 / 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

UK Masters 2009: 18.09Malaysian Open 2009: 13.69Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 14.19Cyber Open 2011: 13.84Cube Fever 2011: 12.77Cyber Open 2012: 15.83Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2012: 13.50Taylor's Cube Open 2013: 17.75IsYou Cube Open 2016: 12.46INTI IU Open 2016: 10.92MYCA Cube Day 2017: 13.77Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 10.93Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 12.01Unikl MFI Open 2018: 10.06Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 11.23Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 9.93Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 11.10Selangor Cube Open 2019: 8.55IUKL SOR 2023: 12.92Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023: 10.458.5518.0911 Jul 200928 Oct 2023

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 0.55 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.