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Yim Cheuk Him (嚴倬謙)

2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HIMY01

Yim Cheuk Him (嚴倬謙) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at Hong Kong Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 265 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.77 in March 2023 to 8.51, a 46% improvement. Yim has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.37
signature single · Hong Kong Championship 2024
265
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×21.373.13
top 1.6%25 / 855
Square-18.2913.19
top 3.4%14 / 126
3×38.5110.08
top 3.8%114 / 1,347
Pyraminx4.416.06
top 9.8%70 / 431
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.67
early days — 3 solves29 / 76
3×3 one-handed18.8821.94
top 17.5%106 / 361
4×445.4452.51
top 18.8%138 / 423
Skewb5.107.20
top 18.9%75 / 285
5×51:38.97
top 34.6%114 / 192
Megaminx1:43.79
top 36.9%87 / 154
Clock12.5215.18
top 37.5%85 / 156

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 15.77Hong Kong Small Cube Day 2023: 11.90Hong Kong Championship 2023: 9.31Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 10.81Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 9.81Hong Kong Championship 2024: 8.51Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 8.56Hong Kong Championship 2025: 9.738.5115.774 Mar 202315 Nov 2025

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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.