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Taal Bernal
Pyraminx · top 8.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025BERN17
Taal Bernal has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Cubing at The Cube 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 402nd in Australia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2025, he has put 191 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.75 in August 2025 to 12.14, a 41% improvement. Taal has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 8.39 | top 8.7% | 402 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 5.04 | top 9.8% | 747 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 12.14 | 13.83 | top 14.4% | 1,275 / 11,709 | |
| Square-1 | 16.15 | 25.58 | top 19.0% | 179 / 899 | |
| 4×4 | 46.12 | 47.95 | top 19.7% | 479 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 12.71 | top 25.4% | 677 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 10.44 | 13.33 | top 27.3% | 290 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.61 | 1:53.21 | top 33.7% | 423 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.47 | 34.87 | top 54.3% | 1,267 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.92 | — | top 61.5% | 843 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 4:51.70 | — | top 80.0% | 514 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 8:11.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 450 / 523 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 418 / 468 |
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
- 30 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.09 at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Six personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 9 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.01 at Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025.
Competitions
- Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026 · 30 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Sydney 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cammeray Clock Clash 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 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.
- Miles Irwin — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adriel Tsui — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Sora Sato — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.