Competitions · Singapore

NUS Masters 2026

Singapore · 11 April 2026 · 9 events · 45 competitors · 36 personal bests

Emmanuel Kao won four of the nine events (4×4, 5×5, 6×6) and the closest final was the Clock, won by Aiden Lim Tze Choon by 0.10 seconds. 45 competitors produced 36 personal bests, 27 of which still stand today, and two people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Kagen Chiu took a Megaminx single of 1:09.70 down to 47.27, 32 percent better in one day.

Four wins

Emmanuel Kao — 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7

0.10s

closest final — Clock, Aiden Lim Tze Choon over Jovan Lee

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
4×4	Emmanuel Kao	21.99	24.15
5×5	Emmanuel Kao	38.42	41.38
6×6	Emmanuel Kao	1:12.46	1:13.83
7×7	Emmanuel Kao	1:39.01	1:42.02
3×3 one-handed	Akash Sreedharan (ஆகாஷ் ஸ்ரீதரன்)	9.51	10.83
Clock	Aiden Lim Tze Choon	3.85	4.05
Megaminx	Tristan Chua Yong	29.02	31.00
Pyraminx	Jovan Lee	1.59	1.74
Square-1	Yuvraj Agarwal	7.43	9.12

The PB harvest

36 set · 27 still standing

Kagen Chiu — Clock single 1.97: into the top 0.044% of the event's history.
Nigel Phang — Pyraminx single 1.11: into the top 0.088% of the event's history.
Tristan Chua Yong — 5×5 single 40.47: into the top 0.19% of the event's history.
Tristan Chua Yong — 6×6 single 1:17.27: into the top 0.4% of the event's history.
Kagen Chiu — 4×4 single 24.39: into the top 0.56% of the event's history.
Yuvraj Agarwal — Square-1 single 5.85: into the top 0.69% of the event's history.
Lee Yu Zhe — 5×5 single 45.32: into the top 0.72% of the event's history.
Carmen Teo Bin Jie (张斌婕) — 6×6 single 1:25.81: into the top 1.2% of the event's history.

First-timers

Two people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 18,546 people who made their debut in 2026. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

45 competitors · 257 results · 9 events.

Everyone who competed

45 competitors

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 final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.