People · New Zealand
Paratene Te Akonga Mohi
2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022MOHI01
Paratene Te Akonga Mohi has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at UC Canterbury Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since February 2022, he has put 297 official solves on the record across ten 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 14.59 in February 2022 to 9.16, a 37% improvement. Paratene has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 4.02 | top 2.4% | 74 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 | 9.16 | 9.64 | top 5.3% | 128 / 2,145 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.56 | 22.48 | top 14.0% | 89 / 607 | |
| Skewb | 4.51 | 8.20 | top 14.6% | 113 / 670 | |
| 4×4 | 45.97 | 51.11 | top 19.6% | 140 / 745 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.65 | 10.69 | top 25.0% | 358 / 1,149 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.39 | 1:42.39 | top 27.9% | 100 / 284 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.27 | 1:56.04 | top 33.3% | 118 / 364 | |
| Clock | 14.11 | 16.47 | top 44.3% | 163 / 319 | |
| 7×7 | 6:56.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 106 / 126 |
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
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025.
- 23 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Twisty Taranaki 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022First competition: Palmerston North 2022. A 14.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UC Canterbury Open 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Christchurch Winter 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 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.
- Dwyane Ramos — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Connor Johnson — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jasper Murray — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.