People · Australia
Sasha Blackman
3×3 · top 5.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BLAC03
Sasha Blackman has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.07, set at Cubing at The Cube 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 85 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Sasha has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.07 | 11.33 | top 5.1% | 474 / 11,943 | |
| 4×4 | 43.73 | 55.69 | top 16.8% | 422 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.84 | 25.01 | top 22.9% | 520 / 2,685 | |
| 2×2 | 3.82 | 4.44 | top 24.3% | 1,894 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.47 | 10.23 | top 40.3% | 2,231 / 6,109 | |
| Skewb | 8.50 | 12.10 | top 45.1% | 1,428 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 769 / 1,313 | |
| 5×5 | 3:10.81 | — | top 81.5% | 1,204 / 1,412 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: Cubing at The Cube 2025. A 10.44 3×3 single to start from.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.07 at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Samuel Keun — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Vincent Hua — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kent Thomson — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 3.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.