People · Malaysia
Yap Pak Zheng
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZHEN18
Yap Pak Zheng has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at USM Penang Cube 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 475th in Malaysia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2023, he has put 65 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in September 2023 to 10.56, a 25% improvement. Yap has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.56 | 12.68 | top 9.1% | 475 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 4.25 | 6.28 | top 29.7% | 907 / 2,541 | |
| Clock | 12.56 | 15.41 | top 37.7% | 171 / 406 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.89 | 11.15 | top 43.9% | 892 / 1,723 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.09 | 42.90 | top 53.6% | 863 / 1,327 | |
| Skewb | 9.81 | 11.29 | top 53.7% | 637 / 1,053 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.88 | — | top 69.9% | 976 / 1,219 |
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
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at USM Penang Cube 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023First competition: IUKL SOR 2023. A 14.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UTP Cube Open 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- USM Penang Cube 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- IUKL SOR 2023 · 30 Sep 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.
- Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Wong Ming Liang (黃泯量) — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gregory Soo Jo-Huang (苏祖煌) — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.