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Shaun Gunawardane

3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 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 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since January 2018, he has put 586 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 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 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time
7.97
signature single · Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026
586
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.9710.20
top 2.8%268 / 11,943
4×434.6542.31
top 6.5%170 / 3,108
2×22.283.59
top 6.9%531 / 8,727
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%73 / 474
3×3 one-handed18.2722.00
top 15.9%354 / 2,685
5×51:18.331:27.55
top 17.9%248 / 1,412
Pyraminx7.8213.60
top 34.7%1,867 / 6,109

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

Adelaide Summer 2018: 13.28Adelaide Summer 2020: 12.47Marino Madness 2025: 9.06Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 8.75Cubing at The Cube 2026: 10.37NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 10.96Adelaide Autumn 2026: 10.39Wagga Autumn 2026: 9.67Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 9.16Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 10.34Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 10.07Australian Nationals 2026: 10.09Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026: 7.97Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 8.16Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 9.53Belgrave Open 2026: 9.45Canberra Spring Open 2026: 8.99Darwin Open 2026: 9.47Adelaide Spring 2026: 9.51Thirroul Beachside Twist 2026: 8.757.9713.2813 Jan 201817 Oct 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.