People · Australia
Ari Xiang Soo
Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SOOA01
Ari Xiang Soo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at TAS State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Australia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2023, he has put 333 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.50 in January 2023 to 14.19, a 48% improvement. Ari has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.18 | 2.95 | top 1.5% | 77 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 7.70 | 9.36 | top 13.7% | 159 / 1,159 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 5.10 | top 14.9% | 1,159 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 14.19 | 18.16 | top 21.7% | 1,983 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 10.66 | top 40.7% | 1,254 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.89 | 2:03.97 | top 43.2% | 538 / 1,313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.05 | 36.35 | top 49.1% | 1,147 / 2,685 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 976 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 5:11.19 | 5:37.70 | early days — 3 solves | 556 / 667 | |
| 4×4 | 2:07.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,679 / 3,108 | |
| 7×7 | 7:37.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 440 / 540 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at TAS State Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.19 at Hobart Winter 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hobart Winter 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Try Cubing Burnie 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.32 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Tassie Summer 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- TAS Side State Championship 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- TAS State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hobart Winter 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Try Cubing Burnie 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tassie Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Launceston Autumn 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Tassie Summer 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
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 his.
- Jode Brewster — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Arisandra Soo — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Veer Liu Dogra — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.