People · Hong Kong, China
Ko Ching Lam (高靖嵐)
2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LAMK01
Ko Ching Lam (高靖嵐) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2024, he has put 430 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.91 in March 2024 to 8.05, a 32% improvement. Ko has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Hong Kong, China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.20 | 2.01 | top 1.0% | 14 / 855 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.27 | 3.25 | top 1.6% | 13 / 431 | |
| 3×3 | 8.05 | 9.56 | top 2.9% | 85 / 1,347 | |
| 4×4 | 32.05 | 38.63 | top 4.2% | 41 / 423 | |
| Square-1 | 12.25 | 15.34 | top 10.4% | 28 / 126 | |
| Clock | 7.07 | 8.68 | top 11.2% | 32 / 156 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.83 | 1:22.49 | top 13.7% | 63 / 192 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.70 | 21.54 | top 17.0% | 103 / 361 | |
| Skewb | 6.26 | 8.25 | top 27.8% | 115 / 285 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 42.33 | early days — 3 solves | 38 / 76 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:14.49 | 2:32.35 | early days — 3 solves | 38 / 65 |
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
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Foshan Open 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Championship 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024.
Competitions
- Foshan Open 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Guangzhou 3x3 Quiet Day 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- Hong Kong Side Event Day 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Shenzhen Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hong Kong Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hong Kong Cube Day 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024 · 31 Mar 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.
- Yang Pin Xiu (楊品修) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Andy Mok Man Cheuk (莫文卓) — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Zijian Cai (蔡子健) — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.