Kkab is a mastermind when it comes to aoc but he is so far of being a top player in 1x1, and i guess we are talking about 1x1 rm style nothing against DM but they are closest to the CS than to RM :lol:
I wouldn't say he's ever far away from being a top 1v1 player. He just never seriously competed in 1v1 tournaments. During BCC2, Daut was by far the best player in the world, yet Kkab was pretty much dead even with him in their practice games leading up to the final. For a long time those games were the highest level 1v1 games I had seen.