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Christian Manuel de Lange

Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LANG04

Christian Manuel de Lange has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.10, set at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 73rd in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,345 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.89 in April 2018 to 11.14, a 47% improvement. Christian has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.0% of 129,321 all-time
3.10
signature single · Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024
1,345
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Pyraminx3.105.42
top 4.0%73 / 1,141
Skewb3.376.33
top 7.0%63 / 666
2×22.694.20
top 10.8%216 / 1,615
3×311.1413.93
top 10.9%236 / 2,095
Clock7.779.59
top 14.1%66 / 303
Megaminx1:13.271:24.85
top 17.6%72 / 283
5×51:19.061:26.92
top 18.4%77 / 355
4×447.0653.60
top 20.9%151 / 722
6×62:28.402:45.76
top 24.8%49 / 149
7×73:48.073:58.37
top 26.5%43 / 126
Square-123.3228.74
top 35.4%105 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.33
early days — 3 solves70 / 111
3×3 one-handed33.3542.02
top 54.1%289 / 600

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

Perth Autumn 2018: 20.89Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 13.48Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 18.24Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 15.97Perth Late Night 2020: 16.04Speedy South Perth 2020: 16.84South Perth Summer 2020: 18.56York Cube Day 2021: 16.03Showground Showdown 2021: 14.61Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 16.29WA State Championship 2021: 14.46Rockingham Rapid 2021: 16.10Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 14.94Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 15.90Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 14.38Perth Autumn 2022: 13.09Rockingham Rapid 2022: 14.41WA Open 2022: 13.70Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 11.14Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 14.44Australian Nationals 2022: 13.38Butler Blitz 2022: 16.28Perth Summer 2023: 13.52Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 13.00Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 14.80Murdoch University Open 2024: 13.42Perth Winter 2024: 12.35Perth Time Trial 2024: 14.24Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 12.5111.1420.897 Apr 20181 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.