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Liam Pipia

2×2 · top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021PIPI01

Liam Pipia has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.76, set at Northside Spring Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 0.18% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,280 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.84 in January 2021 to 10.65, a 40% improvement. Liam has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.18% of 186,767 all-time
0.76
signature single · Northside Spring Saturday 2022
1,280
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.763.53
top 0.18%37 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.673.22
top 0.63%38 / 5,993
Skewb3.105.04
top 5.5%165 / 3,534
3×310.6513.95
top 9.4%832 / 11,709
Clock8.609.86
top 18.0%200 / 1,095
Square-118.1625.97
top 23.7%234 / 899
3×3 one-handed21.5027.81
top 24.6%550 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
top 26.7%132 / 468
4×454.291:05.58
top 29.9%782 / 3,051
5×52:04.162:26.35
top 51.9%703 / 1,356
Megaminx2:13.652:43.37
top 53.0%655 / 1,277
6×65:48.586:26.65
top 89.1%573 / 641
7×711:33.00—
early days — 1 solve509 / 523

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

Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 17.84Northside Duology Part 2 2022: 16.30Brisbane Autumn 2022: 14.23Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 15.90Queensland Open 2022: 15.89Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 15.03Runaway Bay Sunday Challenge 2022: 14.37Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 15.33Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 15.70Turning in Townsville 2023: 13.91Runaway Bay May Sunday 2023: 11.95Queensland Open 2023: 12.31U Cube at UQ Saturday 2023: 14.86Australian Nationals 2023: 13.64QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 13.96Brisbane Summer 2024: 14.32Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024: 15.59Wide Bay Cubing 2024: 12.30Turning in Townsville 2024: 14.34Queensland Open 2024: 14.33Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 13.99MarsdeNxN 2024: 12.81Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024: 13.68Brisbane Newcomers 2025: 15.60QLD State Championship 2025: 10.65Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.16Australian Nationals 2025: 14.60Queensland Open 2026: 14.0110.6517.8416 Jan 202127 Jun 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.