Later, alongside his brothers Daniel and Tre Whyte he attended Peckham BMX Club as a youngster.

[2][3] Kye suffered a crash shortly after first joining the British Cycling talent group, spending five days in an induced coma and unable to ride for a year.

[1] He won a European championship silver medal behind teammate Kyle Evans in Glasgow in 2018.

[4][5] At the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships Whyte again looked to be continuing his form on his way to the final, but his hopes of a medal were ended as he was caught behind a crash, eventually finishing fifth.

[6] On 20 June 2021, he was named in the British team for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he won a silver medal in a close contest with the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann.