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Kagen Chiu
Clock · top 0.044% of 32,048 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHIU04
Kagen Chiu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at NUS Masters 2026, puts him in the top 0.044% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Singapore. Until August 2024, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 494 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 6.77 in March 2024 to 5.87, a 13% improvement. Kagen has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 1.97 | 2.82 | top 0.044% | 2 / 178 | |
| 3×3 | 5.87 | 7.42 | top 0.41% | 13 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 24.39 | 28.17 | top 0.56% | 10 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 49.75 | 52.31 | top 1.7% | 17 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.96 | 12.83 | top 1.8% | 22 / 460 | |
| 2×2 | 1.59 | 2.70 | top 2.6% | 59 / 1,053 | |
| Megaminx | 47.27 | 55.08 | top 3.9% | 17 / 195 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.02 | 6.70 | top 13.3% | 120 / 645 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.55 | 2:13.34 | early days — 3 solves | 36 / 125 | |
| 7×7 | 3:22.88 | 3:33.30 | early days — 3 solves | 32 / 96 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at NUS Masters 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Singapore Two-Day Nov 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Please No Tips Singapore June 2025.
- 20 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Mid April 2025.
- 7 Feb 2025Six personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2025.
- 16 Mar 2024First competition: Singapore Newcomers 2024. A 8.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NUS Mini 2026 · 21 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NUS Masters 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to Downtown Singapore 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026
- Singapore Warm Up January 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- Singapore Two-Day Nov 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Kempinski Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Please No Tips Singapore June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Mid April 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Max 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Singapore Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Aidan Loh Kai Ye — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 4.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.