People · Australia
Paul Hardjawana
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2021 · 2021HARD01
Paul Hardjawana has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.32, set at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 514th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2021, he has put 146 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.12 in May 2021 to 9.32, a 29% improvement. Paul has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.32 | 11.30 | top 5.6% | 514 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 8.18 | top 16.0% | 773 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.64 | 8.20 | top 23.0% | 607 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 4.43 | top 26.5% | 2,056 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 55.40 | 1:01.85 | top 31.2% | 814 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.64 | 41.00 | top 50.4% | 1,170 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 990 / 1,356 |
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
- 15 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 28 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.32 at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 28 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Winter Sunday 2022.
- 23 May 2021First competition: Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021. A 13.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Winter Sunday 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022 · 13 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021 · 23 May 2021
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.
- Matthew Cook — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hans Lin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oscar Liang — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.