People · New Zealand
Oswald Kuik
2×2 · top 5.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KUIK01
Oswald Kuik has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.12, set at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2025, he has put 164 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in May 2025 to 9.42, a 15% improvement. Oswald has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.44 | top 5.6% | 128 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.67 | top 5.9% | 133 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 8.17 | top 16.7% | 236 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 50.58 | 57.54 | top 25.4% | 173 / 722 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.29 | 1:41.50 | top 28.3% | 104 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 26.01 | 31.29 | top 41.5% | 122 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.61 | 34.72 | top 48.0% | 268 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.13 | 2:14.78 | top 54.3% | 183 / 355 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Beachside Auckland 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Beachside Auckland 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 10 May 2025First competition: Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025. A 11.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025
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.
- Jesse Brooke — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ashley Foster — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.