People · Sri Lanka
Banura Perera
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022PERE07
Banura Perera has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.79, set at Matale Cubing Year-End 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Sri Lanka. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2022, he has put 321 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.90 in April 2022 to 7.79, a 59% improvement. Banura has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.79 | 10.23 | top 2.4% | 4 / 590 | |
| Clock | 4.63 | 8.31 | top 3.5% | 1 / 55 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 6.40 | top 7.2% | 17 / 348 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.00 | 20.82 | top 10.2% | 10 / 186 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.42 | top 11.3% | 35 / 431 | |
| 4×4 | 45.64 | 49.00 | top 19.1% | 21 / 209 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.36 | 1:51.59 | top 19.4% | 7 / 88 | |
| Square-1 | 20.26 | 24.57 | top 28.5% | 6 / 34 | |
| Skewb | 7.07 | 10.74 | top 34.2% | 38 / 141 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 40.33 | top 40.9% | 12 / 37 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.82 | 2:35.94 | top 50.5% | 35 / 68 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:27.04 | 4:24.31 | top 60.2% | 10 / 19 | |
| 6×6 | 4:32.67 | 4:50.16 | top 75.3% | 18 / 31 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 6 cubes · 1:00:00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5 / 6 | |
| 7×7 | 9:35.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 23 / 23 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 34:26.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4 / 4 |
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
- 30 Dec 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Matale Cubing Year-End 2023.
- 23 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023.
- 7 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.81 at Colombo Matrix Open 2023.
- 7 Apr 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Colombo Matrix Open 2023.
- 5 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Rajarata Open 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Cubing Returns To Colombo 2022.
Competitions
- Matale Cubing Year-End 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Colombo Matrix Open 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing Rajarata Open 2023 · 5 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns To Colombo 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- 1st Sri Lankan Open 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
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.
- Benul Uthsala Subasinghe — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Hirosh Nividu — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 50 times · head to head
- Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.