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Emmanuel Kao

5×5 · top 0.027% of 40,792 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KAOE01

Emmanuel Kao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 34.82, set at Odd July Singapore 2026, puts him in the top 0.027% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Singapore. Until March 2022, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since June 2022, he has put 2,654 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 5×5 best has come down from 51.04 in July 2022 to 34.82, a 32% improvement. Emmanuel has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 0.027% of 40,792 all-time
34.82
signature single · Odd July Singapore 2026
2,654
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
5×534.8238.84
top 0.027%1 / 251
6×61:03.031:08.74
top 0.046%1 / 125
4×419.8123.44
top 0.046%1 / 462
7×71:36.861:41.24
top 0.056%1 / 96
3×34.976.59
top 0.12%3 / 1,546
Megaminx31.6535.71
top 0.36%4 / 195
3×3 one-handed11.6014.45
top 2.5%26 / 460
2×21.763.37
top 3.4%67 / 1,053
Pyraminx4.567.91
top 10.6%99 / 645
Skewb4.396.62
top 13.7%67 / 353
Clock9.6413.06
top 23.3%78 / 178

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

NTU Big Cube Open 2022: 51.04Singapore Special 2023: 49.54Singapore Max 2023: 46.40Johor Big Cube Challenge 2023: 43.11Singapore Masters 2023: 42.63MYHM Singapore Championship 2024: 41.62Please Don't Pop Austin 2024: 39.34Austin Big Cubes Day 2024: 41.51Singapore Special 2024: 40.08Singapore Max 2024: 41.71Bali Discovery Speedcubing Masters 2024: 41.02Singapore Hougang Open 2024: 39.14Mega Time Singapore 2024: 41.67Singapore Masters 2024: 39.54Singapore Big Cube 2024: 38.96Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 42.37Singapore Championship 2025: 38.03Singapore Max February 2025: 39.83Big and Blind March Singapore 2025: 37.80Singapore March Classics 2025: 39.21OH My March Singapore 2025: 37.49No Parity Mayhem Singapore 2025: 38.94Singapore Jumbo June 2025: 38.02Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 39.81Singapore Megaland July 2025: 36.14Singapore Independence Day 2025: 39.23NUS Open 2025: 37.08Singapore Polytechnic September Showdown 2025: 36.87Singapore Two-Day Nov 2025: 38.09Singapore Warm Up January 2026: 35.28Melbourne Summer 2026: 37.38Singapore Championship 2026: 38.81Mid March Singapore 2026: 36.48Singapore Skewby March 2026: 36.80NUS Masters 2026: 38.42NUS Clock Clash 2026: 38.53NUS Mini 2026: 35.54Odd July Singapore 2026: 34.82Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026: 37.7534.8251.0430 Jul 202223 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 5×5. 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-30 5×5 single — 1 people have one; it is 4.82 away.
  • A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 3.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.