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David Chong Kai Xiang (张凯祥)

3×3 · top 4.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017XIAN12

David Chong Kai Xiang (张凯祥) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at Miri City 20th Anniversary STEM Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 223rd in Malaysia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since August 2017, he has put 1,143 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.01 in August 2017 to 8.73, a 42% improvement. David has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.3% of 288,433 all-time
8.73
signature single · Miri City 20th Anniversary STEM Cube Open 2025
1,143
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×38.7311.37
top 4.3%223 / 3,825
Pyraminx3.324.96
top 4.8%85 / 1,746
Skewb3.375.54
top 7.0%71 / 1,065
4×436.4447.05
top 8.2%138 / 1,228
2×22.723.71
top 11.2%289 / 2,582
Clock7.159.25
top 11.4%50 / 415
3×3 one-handed17.6521.78
top 14.2%215 / 1,350
3×3 blindfolded1:08.671:22.09
top 15.8%24 / 169
5×51:36.321:53.88
top 32.6%253 / 623
Square-123.1828.32
top 35.2%158 / 365
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.00
top 37.3%49 / 112
Megaminx1:46.212:02.24
top 38.4%245 / 519
7×75:16.557:12.03
top 56.0%138 / 189
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 5:07—
early days — 3 solves29 / 49
6×63:57.994:04.51
top 64.9%188 / 235
4×4 blindfolded13:47.00—
early days — 2 solves24 / 31

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

MYCA Cube Day 2017: 15.01Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 12.59Unikl MFI Open 2018: 13.69Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 12.48STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019: 12.20Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 12.22Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 12.17Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019: 12.50Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 13.12Selangor Cube Open 2019: 11.81YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 13.16Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 11.69Selangor Ace Cube 2023: 10.78XMUM Cube Open 2023: 11.06IUKL SOR 2023: 10.70Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2023: 9.29Malaysia Cube Championship 2023: 10.16UoSM Cube Open 2024: 11.07Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2024: 9.34UTP Cube Open 2024: 10.94Penang Cube Masters 2024: 11.19Sleepless in Selangor 2025: 12.09XMUM Cube Open 2025: 9.89Miri City 20th Anniversary STEM Cube Open 2025: 8.73Kuala Lumpur Cubing Challenge 2025: 10.98XMUM Cube Open 2026: 10.79Seremban Cube Challenge 2026: 12.918.7315.0126 Aug 20175 Sep 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.