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Liam Sawade

Pyraminx · top 0.34% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022SAWA01

Liam Sawade has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at Cubing at The Cube 2026, puts him in the top 0.34% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in Australia. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since August 2022, he has put 960 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.70 in August 2022 to 7.56, a 45% improvement. Liam has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.34% of 129,321 all-time
1.43
signature single · Cubing at The Cube 2026
960
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx1.432.16
top 0.34%20 / 5,993
3×37.569.57
top 2.1%217 / 11,709
2×21.502.90
top 2.2%180 / 8,567
Skewb4.686.50
top 15.8%410 / 3,534
4×443.8052.39
top 16.8%412 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed19.2924.22
top 18.6%416 / 2,659
Megaminx1:15.061:21.73
top 18.7%221 / 1,277
3×3 blindfolded2:57.12—
top 51.6%241 / 394
Clock16.2217.62
top 52.6%543 / 1,095
5×52:53.88—
top 76.0%1,085 / 1,356
Square-11:25.90—
early days — 3 solves871 / 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

Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 13.70Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.71Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 11.06Chilling in Canberra 2023: 12.33Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 10.31Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 11.02Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 10.71Australian Nationals 2023: 10.48Sydney Summer 2023: 9.10Going Back to the Gong 2024: 10.30Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 8.88Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024: 9.65Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 8.99Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 9.72Australian Nationals 2024: 9.04Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 7.56Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 8.82Canberra Spring 2024: 9.81Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 10.38NSW State Championship 2025: 8.22Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025: 8.93Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025: 9.11Australian Nationals 2025: 8.28Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 9.04Cubing at The Cube 2026: 8.73Wagga Autumn 2026: 8.01Australian Nationals 2026: 7.65Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 8.767.5613.7027 Aug 202229 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.