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Salman Shahwali

Pyraminx · top 42.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SHAH53

Salman Shahwali has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Maitland Spring 2022, puts him in the top 42.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,344th in Australia. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 75 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.42 in November 2022 to 33.57, a 26% improvement. Salman has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 42.9% of 129,321 all-time
8.78
signature single · Maitland Spring 2022
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx8.7815.42
top 42.9%2,344 / 5,993
2×25.909.86
top 49.8%3,962 / 8,567
3×333.5738.45
top 68.4%7,748 / 11,709
Skewb25.8831.58
top 95.4%3,409 / 3,534
4×43:42.44
early days — 1 solve3,038 / 3,051

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

Maitland Spring 2022: 45.42Newcastle Open 2023: 36.51G'day Maitland 2024: 33.57NSW State Championship 2025: 38.89Lake Macquarie Open 2025: 34.1833.5745.4212 Nov 20223 May 2025

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 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.