People · Malaysia
Tan Ye Ren
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023RENT01
Tan Ye Ren has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.02, set at MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in Malaysia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, he has put 282 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.55 in April 2023 to 7.02, a 60% improvement. Tan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.02 | 9.50 | top 1.3% | 59 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.16 | top 4.9% | 114 / 2,541 | |
| Clock | 6.29 | 7.81 | top 8.3% | 33 / 406 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.12 | 6.45 | top 8.3% | 157 / 1,723 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.71 | 20.65 | top 11.9% | 168 / 1,327 | |
| Skewb | 6.49 | 8.59 | top 29.6% | 369 / 1,053 | |
| 4×4 | 56.23 | 1:06.31 | top 32.2% | 516 / 1,219 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 460 / 617 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026.
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.47 at Johor Cube Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Johor Cube Open 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at UoSM Cube Open 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Johor Mini 2023.
Competitions
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025
- Warm Up at gateway klia2 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Johor Cube Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UoSM Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Johor Mini 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UTM Speedcubing Open 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Day 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
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 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Wang Junwen (王俊文) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.