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Mannessah Kani

3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016KANI01

Mannessah Kani has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.13, set at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since March 2016, he has put 1,467 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.87 in March 2016 to 7.13, a 67% improvement. Mannessah has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.13
signature single · Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026
1,467
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.139.31
top 1.5%166 / 11,943
4×428.9935.54
top 2.3%63 / 3,108
5×555.221:00.40
top 3.5%51 / 1,412
Pyraminx3.256.57
top 4.5%204 / 6,109
6×61:48.181:52.72
top 6.6%43 / 667
7×72:48.913:00.97
top 7.6%36 / 540
2×22.443.68
top 8.4%639 / 8,727
Skewb3.715.42
top 9.1%243 / 3,589
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves31.00
top 9.9%45 / 474
3×3 one-handed16.5620.34
top 11.6%263 / 2,685
Megaminx1:05.921:13.25
top 13.3%166 / 1,313
Square-115.5323.51
top 17.6%176 / 920
3×3 blindfolded1:52.492:37.38
top 30.8%143 / 399
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:57—
early days — 2 solves121 / 186
Clock25.58—
top 77.7%902 / 1,159

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

Cubing Classic 2016: 21.87Melbourne Autumn 2016: 20.99Cube for Cambodia 2016: 14.87Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 14.49POPS Open 2016: 12.49Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 12.15Cubing Classic 2017: 11.34Cube for Cambodia 2017: 10.70Australian Nationals 2017: 10.65Canberra Spring 2017: 9.36Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 9.09Cube for Cambodia 2018: 11.32Melbourne Winter 2018: 10.06Australian Nationals 2018: 11.61St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 11.20Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 10.47Melbourne Summer 2019: 9.32Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 9.64WCA World Championship 2019: 10.42Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 9.63Melbourne Summer 2020: 10.13Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 9.82Melbourne Summer 2026: 8.82Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 8.81Australian Nationals 2026: 8.55Geelong Winter 2026: 8.59Belgrave Open 2026: 8.55Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026: 7.137.1321.8719 Mar 201626 Sep 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.