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Rafael Chowindra

Square-1 · top 3.3% of 25,662 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CHOW04

Rafael Chowindra has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Australia. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since July 2018, he has put 1,453 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.22 in July 2018 to 8.82, a 54% improvement. Rafael has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 3.3% of 25,662 all-time
8.20
signature single · Australian Nationals 2025
1,453
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Square-18.2013.88
top 3.3%39 / 920
Pyraminx2.949.74
top 3.4%160 / 6,109
2×21.883.79
top 4.1%319 / 8,727
3×38.8211.22
top 4.5%425 / 11,943
Skewb3.096.29
top 5.5%163 / 3,589
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves34.00
top 9.9%45 / 474
3×3 one-handed16.0617.70
top 10.4%239 / 2,685
4×439.2750.70
top 11.4%298 / 3,108
Clock9.6313.06
top 23.1%272 / 1,159
Megaminx1:23.531:32.95
top 24.1%299 / 1,313
5×51:30.311:39.88
top 27.7%385 / 1,412
3×3 blindfolded2:10.872:40.88
top 37.0%163 / 399
7×75:07.545:28.93
top 53.1%264 / 540
6×63:43.793:51.83
top 60.3%380 / 667

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

Adelaide Winter 2018: 19.22Adelaide Summer 2019: 17.29Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 11.79WCA World Championship 2019: 14.94Adelaide Summer 2020: 12.18Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021: 11.67SA State Championship 2021: 12.11Adelaide Summer 2022: 11.71Adelaide Autumn 2022: 10.86Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 11.01Australian Nationals 2022: 10.39South Australian Open 2022: 9.69Adelaide Summer 2023: 10.89Adelaide Autumn 2023: 11.31Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023: 9.95South Australian Open 2023: 10.04Australian Nationals 2023: 10.21Adelaide Summer 2024: 10.32Melbourne Summer 2024: 10.67All Welcome Adelaide 2024: 10.42Half Turns in Hallett Cove 2024: 9.90Australian Nationals 2024: 9.97Unley Spring 2024: 10.13Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 9.08Adelaide Summer 2025: 9.58All Welcome Adelaide 2025: 10.05SA State Championship 2025: 9.75Kubing in Klemzig 2025: 9.70Australian Nationals 2025: 9.78Marino Madness 2025: 9.00Adelaide Summer 2026: 9.87Adelaide Autumn 2026: 9.94Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 8.82Adelaide Spring 2026: 9.798.8219.2214 Jul 20183 Oct 2026

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-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.