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Auric Cui
Square-1 · top 0.46% of 25,272 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022CUIA01
Auric Cui has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.47, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in Australia. Until October 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 52 competitions since January 2022, he has put 2,336 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in January 2022 to 7.16, a 59% improvement. Auric has entered 52 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 5.47 | 7.70 | top 0.46% | 7 / 899 | |
| Skewb | 1.87 | 4.19 | top 1.1% | 41 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 1.22 | 1.81 | top 1.1% | 114 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 8.33 | top 1.5% | 168 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.31 | 3.05 | top 1.7% | 89 / 5,993 | |
| Megaminx | 42.91 | 51.05 | top 2.4% | 35 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.85 | 16.26 | top 2.8% | 69 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 4.33 | 5.03 | top 3.0% | 39 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 30.47 | 34.05 | top 3.1% | 79 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.62 | 1:09.15 | top 7.0% | 94 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 46.17 | 1:03.47 | top 8.6% | 43 / 394 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 28 moves | 36.33 | top 9.9% | 44 / 468 | |
| 6×6 | 2:09.72 | 2:18.18 | top 15.2% | 90 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 3:24.28 | 3:28.28 | top 17.8% | 81 / 523 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 6:09.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 28 / 96 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 5 cubes · 15:06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 88 / 180 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 20:57.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 36 / 51 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kooyong Clock Clash 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at VIC Side State Championship 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Just Sides in Lyndhurst 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Don't Inverloch Up 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Megaminx in Mordialloc 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Kooyong Clock Clash 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VIC Side State Championship 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kew Clock Clash 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Kensington May Upstairs 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- On the Side South Australia 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC West Melbourne 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- February Fitzroy Fun 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Abbotsford Big Cube Day 2022 · 17 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Abbotsford Begins 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022 · 6 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 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.
- Zayd Chaudhry — met in 417 rounds, finished ahead 96 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 367 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Putian Ye (叶溥天) — met in 356 rounds, finished ahead 201 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.