People · Malaysia
Tew Kingston
3×3 · top 6.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025KING12
Tew Kingston has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.68, set at 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 336th in Malaysia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.92 in November 2025 to 9.68, a 30% improvement. Tew has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.68 | 13.08 | top 6.6% | 336 / 3,825 | |
| 2×2 | 3.13 | 4.23 | top 15.8% | 442 / 2,582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.00 | 38.38 | top 23.3% | 352 / 1,350 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: Malaysia Cube Championship 2025. A 13.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 1 Shamelin Cube Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Gelugor Cube Carnival 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
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.
- Khoo Zi Yang — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tan Kyle Xuan (陈恺轩) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Chong Chow Chuen — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.