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Eshiel Benzion Narayanan

Clock · top 0.55% of 32,048 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021NARA03

Eshiel Benzion Narayanan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Flinders Park Side Events 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Australia. Until March 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since June 2021, he has put 1,900 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.95 in July 2021 to 7.13, a 64% improvement. Eshiel has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.55% of 32,048 all-time
2.82
signature single · Flinders Park Side Events 2026
1,900
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Clock2.823.54
top 0.55%9 / 1,095
Skewb1.824.37
top 0.96%38 / 3,534
2×21.192.17
top 1.0%100 / 8,567
3×37.138.59
top 1.5%164 / 11,709
5×551.3155.58
top 2.1%30 / 1,356
6×61:36.051:40.92
top 3.1%19 / 641
4×430.7433.45
top 3.3%85 / 3,051
Pyraminx3.084.89
top 3.9%176 / 5,993
7×72:31.282:42.13
top 4.0%18 / 523
3×3 one-handed13.1414.22
top 4.6%102 / 2,659
Megaminx53.781:01.39
top 6.8%89 / 1,277
Square-112.5315.60
top 10.9%115 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves47.00
top 55.5%251 / 468
3×3 blindfolded5:21.96—
early days — 1 solve338 / 394

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

WA State Championship 2021: 19.95Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 14.28Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 13.75Perth Underground Open 2022: 13.71Albany Summer Solving 2022: 13.64Perth Autumn 2022: 13.27Rockingham Rapid 2022: 12.66WA Open 2022: 12.15Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 10.39Warm Up Mandurah 2022: 11.30Australian Nationals 2022: 11.32Perth Summer 2023: 10.88Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 10.01Freo Cube-Off 2023: 11.37Perth Autumn 2023: 9.77Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 10.23Perth Time Trial 2023: 10.06Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 11.24Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 10.40WA Open 2023: 9.25Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 8.67Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 10.78Murdoch University Open 2024: 9.29South Perth Cube Day 2024: 8.23Freo Cube-Off 2024: 7.53Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 8.51Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 10.23Perth Winter 2024: 8.34Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 7.55Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 8.04Freo Cube-Off 2025: 8.78WA State Championship 2025: 8.03Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 7.13Perth Winter 2026: 7.70Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 7.647.1319.9517 Jul 202115 Aug 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-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.