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Tan Yong Jie

Pyraminx · top 0.82% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017JIET02

Tan Yong Jie has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Selangor Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Malaysia. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2017, he has put 886 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.85 in February 2017 to 7.83, a 34% improvement. Tan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.82% of 129,321 all-time
1.79
signature single · Selangor Cube Open 2019
886
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
Pyraminx1.793.07
top 0.82%14 / 1,723
2×21.282.75
top 1.3%26 / 2,541
3×37.838.85
top 2.5%107 / 3,773
Skewb2.444.47
top 2.7%29 / 1,053
4×434.7341.95
top 6.5%104 / 1,219
Megaminx54.911:11.80
top 7.4%58 / 518
3×3 one-handed17.3021.86
top 13.3%191 / 1,327
5×51:13.401:21.28
top 14.1%120 / 617
Clock10.2013.15
top 26.1%124 / 406
6×62:43.043:25.28
top 32.4%110 / 232
Square-122.6230.63
top 33.8%145 / 364
7×74:24.524:32.84
top 39.3%102 / 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

Forest City Open 2017: 11.85Foon Yew Open 2017: 11.08Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 10.70Johor Cube Open 2018: 10.10Singapore Cube Championship 2018: 11.38Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 9.11Forest City Johor Open 2018: 8.76WCA Asian Championship 2018: 8.14Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 9.60NTU Open 2019: 9.05WCA World Championship 2019: 10.37Sabah Cube Open 2019: 7.83Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 8.84STEM Cube Open Penang 2019: 9.49Selangor Cube Open 2019: 9.19Johor Cube Open 2022: 8.54YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.247.8311.8511 Feb 20172 Sep 2022

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.