People · Sri Lanka
Bihandu Manawadu
3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024MANA12
Bihandu Manawadu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.46, set at Biyagama Cubing Blitz 2025, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Sri Lanka. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2024, he has put 69 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Bihandu has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.46 | 12.41 | top 6.0% | 18 / 590 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 10.96 | top 29.7% | 75 / 348 | |
| 2×2 | 4.69 | 6.64 | top 35.4% | 114 / 431 |
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
- 7 Jun 2024First competition: Sri Lankan Nationals 2024. A 12.80 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Sri Lankan Nationals 2024.
Competitions
- Colombo CubeCon 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Biyagama Cubing Blitz 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colombo Cubing Revival 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sri Lankan Nationals 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 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.
- Aloka Fernando — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Lithum Damviru Perera — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Samath Keppitiyagama — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.