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Kai Watts
3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024WATT01
Kai Watts has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.39, set at Santa Barbara Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,067th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2024, he has put 89 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.27 in January 2024 to 14.39, a 17% improvement. Kai 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.39 | 17.02 | top 22.3% | 12,067 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 13.74 | 16.44 | top 42.7% | 3,434 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 5.55 | 7.29 | top 45.9% | 18,540 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.86 | 43.19 | top 46.3% | 6,297 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 35.87 | 49.78 | top 59.7% | 3,950 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.06 | 13.66 | top 67.6% | 19,990 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,662 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 15.41 | 22.01 | top 79.6% | 15,233 / 18,907 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Santa Barbara Cubing 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Cubing 2024.
- 7 Jan 2024First competition: UCSD Winter 2024. A 17.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Graham Siggins — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.39 away.
- A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.