People · Australia
Ashan Menon
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022MENO05
Ashan Menon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Puzzling Parramatta 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 321st in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2022, he has put 317 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 13 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.21 in November 2022 to 8.26, a 59% improvement. Ashan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.26 | top 3.3% | 321 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.23 | 5.46 | top 4.4% | 200 / 6,109 | |
| Megaminx | 53.33 | 59.15 | top 6.7% | 92 / 1,313 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 4.06 | top 7.3% | 555 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.73 | 19.64 | top 17.1% | 381 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 9.71 | 12.79 | top 23.5% | 282 / 1,159 | |
| 4×4 | 52.26 | 56.07 | top 27.6% | 727 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 6.48 | 10.30 | top 29.6% | 837 / 3,589 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.84 | — | top 39.9% | 551 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.93 | — | top 56.8% | 357 / 667 | |
| Square-1 | 44.66 | — | top 70.7% | 694 / 920 |
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
- 10 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Puzzling Parramatta 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Simple Sydney Saturday 2023.
- 27 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Ultimate Clock Clash 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- South Coast Spring 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 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.
- Daniel Wang — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Caleb Clark — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- James Kirschner — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.