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Julian Mallia
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025MALL02
Julian Mallia has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2025, he has put 220 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.29 in February 2025 to 11.77, a 49% improvement. Julian has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 4.83 | top 8.7% | 660 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 7.26 | top 10.8% | 495 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.77 | 14.79 | top 13.1% | 1,165 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 6.23 | 11.31 | top 27.6% | 747 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:45.78 | — | top 38.0% | 474 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.92 | 1:10.67 | top 44.8% | 1,203 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.69 | 42.08 | top 50.5% | 1,176 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 15.94 | — | top 51.6% | 532 / 1,095 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.96 | — | top 88.1% | 816 / 899 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at West Melbourne Open 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.52 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne July 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Spark Melbourne February 2025. A 24.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026 · 23 May 2026
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 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.
- Stan Wilson — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Peter Au — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ryan Chen — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.