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Austen Au
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022AUAU01
Austen Au has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 253rd in Singapore. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2022, he has put 460 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.99 in May 2022 to 10.72, a 44% improvement. Austen 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 | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 15.67 | top 9.7% | 253 / 1,559 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.43 | 7.12 | top 9.9% | 96 / 651 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 4.00 | top 10.1% | 143 / 1,064 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 5.83 | top 10.3% | 49 / 358 | |
| Clock | 8.13 | 10.63 | top 15.7% | 52 / 182 | |
| Square-1 | 19.20 | 26.39 | top 26.1% | 64 / 134 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.43 | 1:10.40 | top 41.2% | 254 / 466 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.80 | 31.36 | top 41.5% | 263 / 471 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.94 | — | top 59.9% | 142 / 199 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.69 | — | top 77.7% | 219 / 254 |
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
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 19 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at NSW Central West Winter 2022.
- 19 Jun 2022Five personal bests in one day at NSW Central West Winter 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Canberra Autumn 2022. A 18.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Ultimate Clock Clash 2023 · 26 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Coast Spring 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NSW Central West Winter 2022 · 19 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 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.
- Oscar Liang — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- James Kirschner — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.