People · Australia
Riaan Raja
3×3 · top 27.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025RAJA12
Riaan Raja has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.99, set at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,616th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since July 2025, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.18 in July 2025 to 15.99, a 36% improvement. Riaan 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.99 | 18.43 | top 27.9% | 2,616 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 4.11 | 7.14 | top 28.0% | 2,209 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.14 | 11.98 | top 46.1% | 2,615 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,099 / 2,685 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at Belgrave Open 2026.
- 26 Jul 2025First competition: Spark Melbourne July 2025. A 26.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ibrahim Cheema — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Kao — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.