People · New Zealand
Abigail Pillay
2×2 · top 8.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PILL06
Abigail Pillay has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at New Zealand Nationals 2025, puts her in the top 8.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since July 2023, she has put 313 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in March 2024 to 11.42, a 32% improvement. Abigail has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 5.68 | top 8.1% | 178 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 11.42 | 13.63 | top 11.9% | 250 / 2,145 | |
| Clock | 9.97 | 10.67 | top 24.8% | 99 / 319 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.66 | 1:06.98 | top 37.3% | 239 / 745 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.62 | 11.45 | top 41.6% | 560 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.52 | 52.80 | top 60.0% | 315 / 607 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.64 | 2:28.72 | top 61.0% | 218 / 364 | |
| Skewb | 15.24 | 17.05 | top 79.1% | 558 / 670 | |
| 6×6 | 5:52.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 140 / 150 | |
| Megaminx | 4:29.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 278 / 284 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Brisbane 2026.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.35 at Auckland Autumn 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First competition: Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Finished Brisbane 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- South Auckland Side Events 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Clauckland 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Auckland Matariki Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
- Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.
- Brandon Harris — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lachlan Gibson — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Edwin Shen — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as she improves.