Competitions · Malaysia

USM Penang Cube 2024

Penang · 19 May 2024 · 9 events · 138 competitors · 167 personal bests

Tee Kai Yang won two of the nine events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the 3×3, won by Tee Kai Yang by 0.08 seconds. 138 competitors produced 167 personal bests, 59 of which still stand today, and 51 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A national record

Tee Kai Yang set the 4×4 single national record: 20.28.

Two wins

Tee Kai Yang — 3×3, 4×4

0.08s

closest final — 3×3, Tee Kai Yang over Kangze Wang (王康泽)

167

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Tee Kai Yang	4.96	7.21
2×2	Tan Wei Kee (陈伟祺)	1.63	2.00
4×4	Tee Kai Yang	20.28	24.89
5×5	Lim Hung (林弘)	43.56	45.93
3×3 one-handed	Kangze Wang (王康泽)	10.63	11.80
Clock	Jervis Yeo	4.59	5.23
Megaminx	Hill Pong Yong Feng	34.01	36.54
Pyraminx	Hewson Kang Poh Jun (江博俊)	1.98	2.32
Skewb	Mohamad Adrian Syahirin Bin Mohd Faizal	2.52	3.75

The PB harvest

167 set · 59 still standing

Hewson Kang Poh Jun (江博俊) — 3×3 single 7.17: into the top 1.5% of the event's history.
Liow Yuan Feng — 2×2 single 1.43: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Leon Ng Shi Liang — 2×2 single 1.57: into the top 2.5% of the event's history.
Chan Ting Yan — 3×3 single 9.04: into the top 4.9% of the event's history.
Muhammad Shaheem Bin Muhammad Rubaie — 3×3 single 9.59: into the top 6.3% of the event's history.
Ilyas Arsyad Bin Chairil Azdi — 3×3 single 10.34: into the top 8.5% of the event's history.
Chan Jun Pin — 3×3 one-handed single 15.34: into the top 8.8% of the event's history.
Yap Pak Zheng — 3×3 single 10.56: into the top 9.1% of the event's history.

First-timers

51 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 32,954 people who made their debut in 2024. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

138 competitors · 752 results · 9 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Tee Kai Yang won it with a 7.21 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1D L' U' L U L2 U' L2 U' R U' D2 B U2 D2 B2 R2 D2
2U B' F2 U2 B2 R2 F' R2 F2 R2 U R D' R F' D R' U2 B'
3R' U' F' B2 U' R' F2 R' L U2 B D' B2 U F2 U2 L2 F2 L2
4L F2 L2 D R' U L U B2 L' F2 R L' D2 L2 B U' L
5F2 L B' R2 U B' L' B2 L2 U R2 F R2 L2 B' R2 B2 U

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

138 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.