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Ariki Achterberg
2×2 · top 37.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ACHT01
Ariki Achterberg has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 37.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,011th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 120 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.11 in March 2024 to 4.86, a 20% improvement. Ariki has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 5.94 | top 37.6% | 3,011 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 20.79 | 27.70 | top 42.3% | 4,265 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.46 | 10.99 | top 48.7% | 2,791 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 9.97 | 20.09 | top 54.8% | 1,819 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.88 | 2:47.68 | top 54.9% | 704 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.00 | 1:36.44 | top 61.5% | 1,765 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.41 | 2:43.48 | top 62.3% | 879 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 4:07.53 | 4:22.07 | top 68.1% | 428 / 667 | |
| 7×7 | 9:47.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 508 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Take Your Time Sydney 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024. A 26.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Emerson Owen — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elias Chong — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kirschner — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.