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Salman Shahwali
Pyraminx · top 43.0% of 130,891 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 43.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,388th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 94 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.42 in November 2022 to 22.29, a 51% improvement. Salman has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.78 | 14.60 | top 43.0% | 2,388 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 | 22.29 | 30.12 | top 46.3% | 4,811 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 5.90 | 9.86 | top 49.9% | 4,038 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 11.46 | 20.53 | top 63.3% | 2,150 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 3:42.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,097 / 3,108 |
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
- 2 Oct 2026First sub-30 3×3: 22.29 at Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: Maitland Spring 2022. A 45.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lake Macquarie Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- G'day Maitland 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Open 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Maitland Spring 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Vitaliy Orlov — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Tinlin — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.