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Chow Kai Zen
Pyraminx · top 23.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ZENC01
Chow Kai Zen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.44, set at Malaysia Newcomer 2025, puts him in the top 23.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in Malaysia. Across 4 competitions since March 2023, he has put 84 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.23 in March 2023 to 15.16, a 56% improvement. Chow 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 8.59 | top 23.3% | 466 / 1,723 | |
| 3×3 | 15.16 | 18.44 | top 25.0% | 1,306 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 6.17 | top 30.7% | 940 / 2,541 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.97 | 46.61 | top 59.0% | 933 / 1,327 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 973 / 1,219 | |
| Clock | 23.16 | 26.53 | top 72.8% | 305 / 406 | |
| Skewb | 13.79 | 14.61 | top 74.0% | 835 / 1,053 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.88 | — | early days — 1 solve | 463 / 518 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Malaysia Newcomer 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.41 at XMUM Cube Open 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at XMUM Cube Open 2025.
- 28 Oct 2023First sub-30 3×3: 20.20 at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023.
- 10 Mar 2023First competition: Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023. A 34.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Malaysia Newcomer 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 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.
- Eng Dickson (黄迪胜) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sri Ganesh Krishna — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Boying Li (李博莹) — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.