People · Australia
Rupak Pangeni
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2026 · 2026PANG03
Rupak Pangeni has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.81, set at Orange 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 244th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2026, he has put 80 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Rupak 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 | 7.81 | 9.88 | top 2.5% | 244 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.43 | top 8.9% | 669 / 8,567 |
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 competition: Orange 2026. A 9.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Tramsheds IX: June Sunday 2026 · 7 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Wagga Autumn 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Orange 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 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.
- Angus Hannelly — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Peri Le Dain — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kristian Trubajic — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.