People · New Zealand
Manuja Nethum Kithnura Karunarathne
3×3 · top 34.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025KARU01
Manuja Nethum Kithnura Karunarathne has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.01, set at New Zealand Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 34.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 690th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since September 2025, he has put 22 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.23 in September 2025 to 18.01, a 34% improvement. Manuja has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.01 | 19.38 | top 34.1% | 690 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 6.80 | 9.33 | top 58.7% | 986 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.01 | 15.28 | top 72.9% | 891 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 51.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 446 / 600 |
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
- 12 Dec 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.01 at New Zealand Nationals 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Beachside Auckland 2025. A 27.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
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.
- Richard Foster — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Declan Barnes — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaden Ho — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.