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Lai Pak Kiu (賴柏喬)

3×3 · top 0.19% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KIUL01

Lai Pak Kiu (賴柏喬) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.32, set at Zhanjiang Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.19% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Hong Kong, China. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2024, he has put 474 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.64 in August 2024 to 5.32, a 30% improvement. Lai has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.19% of 288,433 all-time
5.32
signature single · Zhanjiang Open 2026
474
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×35.326.13
top 0.19%7 / 1,424
4×425.1929.08
top 0.76%7 / 447
3×3 one-handed9.5911.80
top 0.81%5 / 384
Skewb1.954.34
top 1.3%9 / 293
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves28.00
top 3.0%10 / 77
2×21.853.04
top 3.9%52 / 880
5×51:02.481:13.38
top 7.0%35 / 196
3×3 blindfolded55.641:42.06
top 11.7%11 / 67
Clock7.228.75
top 11.8%34 / 159
Square-113.1221.78
top 12.2%32 / 127
Megaminx1:05.401:11.39
top 13.0%40 / 169
Pyraminx5.909.37
top 19.3%122 / 448
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 8 cubes · 52:01—
early days — 1 solve11 / 25
4×4 blindfolded11:46.00—
early days — 1 solve10 / 15

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2024: 7.64Hong Kong Championship 2024: 6.55Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 7.01Jiangmen Open 2025: 6.69HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 6.21Hong Kong Championship 2025: 6.14Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026: 6.12Maoming Open 2026: 5.64Zhanjiang Open 2026: 5.32Hong Kong Cube Day 2026: 5.705.327.6431 Aug 202412 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.