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Liam Nouws
Pyraminx · top 9.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024NOUW01
Liam Nouws has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in Australia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 164 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.35 in April 2024 to 12.41, a 44% improvement. Liam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 5.83 | top 9.0% | 410 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 6.12 | top 12.1% | 920 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 12.41 | 14.49 | top 15.3% | 1,365 / 11,709 |
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
- 1 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.39 at Brisbane Summer 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.39 at Brisbane Summer 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Wide Bay Cubing 2024. A 22.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Wide Bay Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wide Bay Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wide Bay Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 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.
- Jamie Otsu — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kyle Jones — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alexander Tronoff — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.