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People · Hong Kong, China

Ko Ching Lam (高靖嵐)

2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024LAMK01

Ko Ching Lam (高靖嵐) has been competing for 3 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 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16th in Hong Kong, China. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2024, he has put 485 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.02 in March 2024 to 1.20, a 60% improvement. Ko has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time
1.20
signature single · Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025
485
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
2×21.201.73
top 1.1%16 / 880
Pyraminx2.273.25
top 1.7%13 / 448
3×38.059.56
top 2.9%92 / 1,424
4×431.5937.81
top 3.9%42 / 447
Square-112.2515.34
top 10.4%28 / 127
Clock7.078.68
top 11.1%32 / 159
5×51:12.831:22.49
top 13.8%65 / 196
3×3 one-handed18.2121.02
top 15.7%106 / 384
Skewb6.268.25
top 27.9%121 / 293
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves42.33
early days — 3 solves38 / 77
3×3 blindfolded2:14.492:32.35
early days — 3 solves41 / 67

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

Welcome Back Hong Kong 2024: 3.02Shenzhen Nanshan Open 2024: 2.74Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 2.34Hong Kong Championship 2024: 2.81Shenzhen Open 2024: 2.07Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 2.48HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 1.24Guangzhou Small Cubes 2025: 1.20Hong Kong Championship 2025: 1.67Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 1.72Foshan Open 2026: 1.24Hong Kong Cube Day 2026: 1.541.203.0231 Mar 202412 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.