People · Australia
Mathai Manavalan
2×2 · top 14.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021MANA01
Mathai Manavalan has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,124th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since January 2021, he has put 134 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Mathai has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 5.34 | top 14.4% | 1,124 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 12.59 | 15.93 | top 16.1% | 1,460 / 11,943 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.65 | 26.90 | top 25.1% | 568 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 11.61 | top 26.0% | 1,334 / 6,109 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.87 | 1:42.05 | top 33.4% | 423 / 1,313 | |
| Skewb | 8.32 | 9.33 | top 43.8% | 1,379 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.84 | 1:26.22 | top 43.9% | 1,198 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.85 | — | top 56.6% | 799 / 1,412 | |
| Clock | 17.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 634 / 1,159 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 810 / 920 |
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
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 23 Jan 2021First competition: Melbourne Summer 2021. A 15.28 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jan 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.59 at Melbourne Summer 2021.
Competitions
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Myles Jarman — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.