People · Malaysia
Yap Teik Yeong
3×3 · top 3.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017YEON01
Yap Teik Yeong has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.14, set at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2017, he has put 307 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in October 2017 to 8.14, a 48% improvement. Yap has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 8.14 | 10.58 | top 3.1% | 157 / 3,825 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.03 | 6.04 | top 3.8% | 66 / 1,746 | |
| 4×4 | 32.25 | 37.32 | top 4.4% | 66 / 1,228 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.94 | 18.67 | top 6.1% | 85 / 1,350 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.30 | 1:11.85 | top 7.5% | 59 / 623 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 2.98 | top 8.3% | 207 / 2,582 | |
| Skewb | 4.53 | 6.40 | top 14.8% | 170 / 1,065 | |
| Megaminx | 1:15.86 | 1:32.04 | top 19.2% | 145 / 519 | |
| Clock | 10.53 | 12.90 | top 27.5% | 128 / 415 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.82 | 4:09.34 | early days — 3 solves | 184 / 235 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025.
- 22 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2019.
- 20 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019.
- 23 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Malaysia Cube Championship 2018.
- 23 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Malaysia Cube Championship 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.48 at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018.
Competitions
- Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Malaysia Cube Open 2017 · 14 Oct 2017
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.
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Lim Hung (林弘) — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Muhammad Hafizuddin Akhtar Bin Mohd Zainal Abidin — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.