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Niel Harianto

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020HARI03

Niel Harianto has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Melbourne Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 701st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2020, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.08 in February 2020 to 14.60, a 19% improvement. Niel has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Melbourne Summer 2023
120
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.547.04
top 9.3%701 / 8,567
3×314.6018.48
top 23.1%2,102 / 11,709
Skewb8.2410.99
top 43.1%1,329 / 3,534
5×51:57.99
top 48.0%646 / 1,356
4×41:15.58
top 52.1%1,440 / 3,051
7×76:09.60
top 70.0%331 / 523
3×3 one-handed59.611:13.46
top 83.7%2,137 / 2,659
Square-11:23.42
early days — 1 solve865 / 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

Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020: 18.08Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 15.71Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 15.60Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 18.17Melbourne Summer 2023: 14.60Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 19.12Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 18.73Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023: 19.4114.6019.4123 Feb 20209 Sep 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.