People · Malaysia
Kuak Zhe Kai
3×3 · top 0.48% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022KAIK01
Kuak Zhe Kai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.98, set at Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Malaysia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2022, he has put 607 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.89 in December 2022 to 5.98, a 24% improvement. Kuak has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.98 | 7.91 | top 0.48% | 18 / 3,825 | |
| 2×2 | 1.13 | 1.94 | top 0.85% | 15 / 2,582 | |
| Skewb | 1.87 | 3.50 | top 1.1% | 14 / 1,065 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.46 | 3.77 | top 2.1% | 35 / 1,746 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.98 | 14.84 | top 6.1% | 86 / 1,350 | |
| 4×4 | 35.49 | 37.30 | top 7.2% | 118 / 1,228 | |
| Clock | 8.93 | 10.41 | top 19.5% | 88 / 415 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.53 | 1:44.48 | top 28.6% | 225 / 623 | |
| Square-1 | 21.38 | 36.47 | top 31.1% | 133 / 365 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.72 | 1:42.12 | top 33.3% | 218 / 519 |
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
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at USM Penang Cube 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Penang Cube Masters 2024.
- 31 Dec 2022First competition: Penang Cube Open 2022. A 7.89 3×3 single to start from.
- 31 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Penang Cube Open 2022.
Competitions
- Shin Kong Cube Open - Kaohsiung 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Sleep In Pelita Sungai Dua 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penang Mini Cube 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- USM Penang Cube 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Masters 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kedah Cube Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kedah Cube Open 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- STEM Cube Open Penang 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Penang Cube Open 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Ang Chin Zhen (洪靖程) — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Terence Lai Yu Kit (黎宇杰) — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 66 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.