People · Australia
Harry Niewand
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NIEW01
Harry Niewand has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.14, set at Melbourne Summer 2021, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 387th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2018, he has put 374 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 11 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.35 in April 2018 to 19.80, a 59% improvement. Harry has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.14 | 8.70 | top 8.4% | 387 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 7.42 | top 13.2% | 1,005 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 6.88 | 11.37 | top 32.7% | 911 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 19.80 | 22.50 | top 39.4% | 3,844 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.65 | — | top 77.6% | 2,330 / 3,051 |
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
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.80 at Solving in Sale 2022.
- 10 Apr 2021Four personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2021.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-30 3×3: 29.70 at Solving in Sale 2019.
- 21 Apr 2018First competition: Canberra Autumn 2018. A 48.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Solving in Sale 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham 2019 · 26 Oct 2019
- Horsham 2019 · 10 Aug 2019
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St Kevin's College Spring 2018 · 27 Oct 2018
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Winter 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
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.
- Juno Niewand — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.