People · New Zealand
Oswald Kuik
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KUIK01
Oswald Kuik has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Dualling in Milford 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in New Zealand. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 193 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in May 2025 to 8.87, a 20% improvement. Oswald has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 10.98 | top 4.6% | 121 / 2,145 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 4.44 | top 5.6% | 129 / 1,627 | |
| Clock | 7.18 | 11.51 | top 11.6% | 59 / 319 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.54 | 8.17 | top 16.7% | 239 / 1,149 | |
| 4×4 | 50.58 | 57.28 | top 25.6% | 176 / 745 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.29 | 1:41.50 | top 28.4% | 104 / 284 | |
| Square-1 | 26.01 | 31.29 | top 41.6% | 123 / 254 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.61 | 34.72 | top 48.1% | 269 / 607 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.13 | 2:14.78 | top 54.5% | 189 / 364 |
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
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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 40 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Edwin Shen — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.