People · Australia
Shaun Gunawardane
3×3 · top 2.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GUNA01
Shaun Gunawardane has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.97, set at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 266th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2018, he has put 447 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.28 in January 2018 to 7.97, a 40% improvement. Shaun has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.97 | 10.34 | top 2.7% | 266 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.59 | top 6.9% | 522 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 37.98 | 42.43 | top 9.8% | 256 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | top 14.8% | 73 / 468 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.27 | 22.00 | top 15.8% | 350 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.33 | 1:27.55 | top 17.8% | 236 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 13.60 | top 34.7% | 1,837 / 5,993 |
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
- 28 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 30 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at Marino Madness 2025.
- 30 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Marino Madness 2025.
- 13 Jan 2018First competition: Adelaide Summer 2018. A 14.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026 · 30 Aug 2026
- Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Brilliant Ballarat 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Parramatta 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Wagga Autumn 2026 · 9 May 2026
- North Sydney No Seeing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Autumn 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 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.
- Kittatam Saisaard — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Angus Hannelly — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.