People · Australia
Beren Fontana
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021FONT01
Beren Fontana has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.07, set at Tassie Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 288th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2021, he has put 760 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.26 in May 2021 to 8.07, a 21% improvement. Beren has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.07 | 10.14 | top 2.9% | 288 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 34.95 | 38.50 | top 6.7% | 177 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.20 | 1:07.22 | top 6.8% | 95 / 1,412 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.86 | top 9.7% | 747 / 8,727 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.85 | 2:22.91 | early days — 3 solves | 132 / 667 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.21 | 9.68 | top 21.6% | 1,090 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 5.49 | 8.03 | top 22.0% | 588 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.95 | 1:31.22 | top 22.5% | 276 / 1,313 | |
| 7×7 | 3:51.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 128 / 540 | |
| Square-1 | 21.75 | 25.08 | top 32.0% | 314 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.46 | 32.17 | top 40.6% | 947 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 16.36 | 18.74 | top 53.2% | 582 / 1,159 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 14 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022.
- 14 Jan 2022Five personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022.
- 22 May 2021First competition: TAS State Championship 2021. A 10.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- North Tasmania Spring 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Hobart Autumn 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tamar Valley Turning 2026 · 3 May 2026
- Try Cubing in St Helens 2026 · 15 Jan 2026
- North Tasmania Spring 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- TAS State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Tassie Summer 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Tasmania Spring 2024 · 27 Oct 2024
- Tassie Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Winter 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Launceston Autumn 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Tassie Twist Off 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tasmanian Open 2022 · 25 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer - Launceston 2022 · 16 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022 · 14 Jan 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- TAS State Championship 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Jode Brewster — met in 150 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony Rochester — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 79 times
- Joey Cavanagh — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 62 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.