For older students, every quiz is also exam practice. That was the quiet truth running through the Grand Final of Juara Digital Pandai 2026, held at SJKC Wu Teck in Klang on 19 September 2026. The ten finalists who made the secondary Top 10 were not simply gaming a leaderboard: they were revising, and winning while they did it. The app they competed on is the same one they study with. Here is what the secondary champions had to say.
The Champion Who Was Already Revising: Jacqueline a/p Edward (1st Place)
Jacqueline, a Form 2 student at SMK Raja Mahadi, won the secondary category outright. What stands out is not that she won, it is that she was studying for real exams the whole time she competed.
“I also studied a bit because my exams are also near so I’m studying for it also. And I use Pandai a lot to study and it’s really helpful.” (Saya pun ada mengulang kaji sebab peperiksaan saya pun dah dekat, jadi saya belajar untuk itu juga. Dan saya banyak guna Pandai untuk belajar, ia sangat membantu.)
The win itself caught her off guard. Seven of her own schoolmates were in the running, which made first place mean that much more.
“I was very nervous, in fact I didn’t even know I would go to Round 7 and I was really happy when I’m getting Number 1 because there were 7 other students from my school and I’m really proud of this.” (Saya sangat gugup, malah tak sangka boleh sampai ke Pusingan 7. Saya betul-betul gembira apabila mendapat tempat pertama kerana ada 7 pelajar lain dari sekolah saya, saya sungguh bangga.)
If the elimination format rattled her, it also sharpened her. She described it as a test of speed under pressure, the same instinct a timed exam demands: “It was actually very nerve-racking, especially the elimination round but it was fun and trained our brain to move fast and I just really like it.” Her conclusion was unequivocal: “It’s one of the best apps that I’ve ever used and of course I’m going to use it.”
Focus, Confidence, and the Exam-Season Edge
The same maturity surfaced across the rest of the secondary Top 10. For these students, the prize was never only the trophy, it was the discipline they built reaching for it.
Chan Yong Chen, who placed 4th, put his finger on the change that matters most to any student facing exams: the ability to work alone, without being pulled away. “Saya boleh belajar sendiri sekarang tanpa ganggu dari game-game,” he said (I can study on my own now, without getting distracted by games). For him, revision had stopped being a chore and started being something he chose.
Cheah Meng Han, 10th, is already thinking past the competition to his report card: “I will keep using the Pandai app to learn so I can improve my scores in exams.” And Mohammad Sofwan, 5th, carried himself with the composure of a student who knows the work pays off, meeting his result with gratitude, “Saya bersyukur kepada Tuhan” (I gave thanks to God), and committing to return without a second thought: “InsyaAllah saya akan join.”
Even in a single word, the confidence was unmistakable. Asked to describe the experience, Raydean Elvanero Roger (3rd, SMK Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar) said simply “Bagus” (Good); Nur Aakifah binti Mohd Shahrulnizam (9th) called it “Awesome & best.”
Why It Matters for Exam-Season Learners
There is a lesson in how these students talk about Pandai. They do not describe a game they happened to win. They describe a study habit, one sharp enough to carry them to a national stage, and steady enough to lean on when exams come around. That is the quiet advantage on offer: revision students actually want to open, practised until it feels like second nature.
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And this is just a glimpse of what they had to say. Head over to Pandai’s social media to watch the winners share their feedback in their own words: