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The author discusses the Kumaraswamy as the smallest order statistic of the unit power distribution derived from the inverse Weibull distribution. The author discusses the unit Rayleigh distribution and how it can be generalized using the smallest, largest, and kth order statistics. Using the order statistics to generalize a distribution differs from other techniques like the power transformation and T-X family (transformed-transformer) method. For the discussed distribution, the author demonstrates the basic functions and properties with real data analysis. Applied Mathematics Applied Statistics Kumaraswamy distribution Median based unit Rayleigh distribution Unit distributions order statistics. T-X family Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. 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