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Tan Wei Ying

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009YING03

Tan Wei Ying has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in Singapore. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2009, he has put 176 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.52 in February 2009 to 8.91, an 81% improvement. Tan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.91
signature single · Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017
176
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
3×38.9110.49
top 4.7%128 / 1,546
2×22.284.62
top 6.9%106 / 1,053
3×3 one-handed18.9123.11
top 17.5%128 / 460
4×447.0954.86
top 20.9%170 / 462
5×51:54.312:04.98
top 45.5%145 / 251
Pyraminx15.30
early days — 3 solves551 / 645

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

Singapore Open 2009: 46.52Rubik's Cube Singapore Open 2010: 10.96NUS Rubik's Cube Competition 2011: 11.58Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2013: 10.11Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2014: 9.72Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2015: 9.18Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017: 8.91NTU Open 2019: 9.758.9146.5228 Feb 200929 Jun 2019

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 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.