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Rihan Kowli
3×3 · top 10.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025KOWL01
Rihan Kowli has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.97, set at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 938th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since January 2025, he has put 99 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.98 in January 2025 to 10.97, a 52% improvement. Rihan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.97 | 14.27 | top 10.4% | 938 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 6.44 | 14.23 | top 29.3% | 833 / 3,589 | |
| 2×2 | 5.38 | 6.76 | top 44.0% | 3,512 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.15 | 15.88 | top 46.1% | 2,621 / 6,109 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at West Melbourne Open 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at West Melbourne Open 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.81 at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 24 Jan 2025First competition: Melbourne Summer 2025. A 22.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025
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.
- Caleb Williams — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ben Wakelin — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Clarke — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.