People · Australia
Seth De Silva
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023SILV05
Seth De Silva has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.30, set at Sydney Spring Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 326th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since March 2023, he has put 376 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.29 in March 2023 to 8.30, a 42% improvement. Seth has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.30 | 10.06 | top 3.3% | 326 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.40 | 18.37 | top 8.9% | 203 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 46.71 | 53.90 | top 20.4% | 502 / 3,051 | |
| 2×2 | 3.85 | 4.89 | top 24.6% | 1,903 / 8,567 | |
| Square-1 | 19.47 | 26.00 | top 26.7% | 257 / 899 | |
| Skewb | 7.85 | 12.19 | top 40.1% | 1,215 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.79 | 1:54.77 | top 40.4% | 545 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.04 | 11.26 | top 45.2% | 2,509 / 5,993 | |
| 7×7 | 5:52.40 | 7:01.58 | top 65.8% | 310 / 523 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:33.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 341 / 394 |
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 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
- 19 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 28 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 28 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 5 Mar 2023First competition: North Sydney Cube Day 2023. A 17.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Odd Sides in Sydney 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Open 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mini May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Miles Irwin — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- James Kirschner — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.