Malaysia's cyclists have started the Commonwealth Games with a bang - breaking two national records and qualifying for the final of the men's points race with the second-highest tally.

Malaysian team head coach Lyn Nixon said she was thrilled with her team's performance so far after Muhammad Ahmad Lufti and Amirrudin Jamaludin both broke the national record in the men's 4000m individual pursuit on the opening night of competition.

Lufti clocked 4min 46.271sec while Jamaludin finished on 4min 49.106sec, both bettering Jamaludin's existing record of 4min 51.763sec set in the Sydney round of the World Cup at the start of the month.

Not to be outdone, 1000m time-trial exponent Hafiz Sufian achieved the same feat when he finished seventh in a time of 1min 06.011sec.

The icing on the cake came on Friday as points-rider Jasmin Ruslan reached the final of the 40km men's points race after qualifying in the morning heat in second place behind Australian Sean Finning.

"Things are going really, really well," Nixon told AFP.

The coach said at the outset of the games that Malaysia's main aim was to prepare for December's Asian Games and eventually earn enough points to qualify for track cycling at the Olympics.