People · Malaysia
Lim Kai Yi
Skewb · top 0.9% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018YILI01
Lim Kai Yi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Kedah Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Malaysia. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2018, he has put 507 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.86 in April 2018 to 8.10, a 32% improvement. Lim has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.79 | 4.61 | top 0.9% | 10 / 1,065 | |
| 4×4 | 28.51 | 35.72 | top 2.0% | 33 / 1,228 | |
| 3×3 | 8.10 | 10.35 | top 3.0% | 149 / 3,825 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.93 | 4.56 | top 3.4% | 58 / 1,746 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 2.94 | top 3.8% | 89 / 2,582 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.91 | 15.74 | top 4.3% | 61 / 1,350 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.28 | 1:21.52 | top 12.6% | 112 / 623 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.37 | 1:22.83 | top 19.5% | 147 / 519 | |
| Square-1 | 16.99 | 23.16 | top 21.0% | 90 / 365 | |
| Clock | 9.29 | 11.00 | top 21.3% | 102 / 415 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.70 | 3:19.41 | top 45.1% | 140 / 235 | |
| 7×7 | 5:14.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 137 / 189 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Penang Cube Masters 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kedah Cube Open 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at One Shamelin Cube Open 2025.
- 31 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019.
Competitions
- Penang Cube Masters 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kedah Cube Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- One Shamelin Cube Open 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- STEM Cube Open Penang 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- Malaysia Cube Championship 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 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.
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Ang Chin Zhen (洪靖程) — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.