People · Australia
Taine Cassar
3×3 · top 0.49% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018CASS01
Taine Cassar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.02, set at Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 53rd in Australia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,073 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.82 in April 2018 to 6.02, a 53% improvement. Taine has entered 24 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 | 6.02 | 7.68 | top 0.49% | 53 / 11,709 | |
| Megaminx | 37.05 | 39.27 | top 0.95% | 12 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 31.74 | 36.24 | top 4.0% | 108 / 3,051 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 3.47 | top 4.1% | 320 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.76 | 6.40 | top 6.5% | 285 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.05 | 18.30 | top 10.4% | 235 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.96 | 1:15.30 | top 12.3% | 167 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 7.00 | top 16.4% | 424 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 19.83 | 25.34 | top 27.7% | 267 / 899 | |
| 6×6 | 3:00.64 | 3:03.71 | top 41.4% | 257 / 641 | |
| Clock | 13.64 | 14.41 | top 42.3% | 438 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 389 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:32.54 | — | early days — 1 solve | 360 / 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
- 28 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Autumn 2022.
- 22 May 2021Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020Three personal bests in one day at Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020.
- 29 Feb 2020Six personal bests in one day at Auckland Summer Open 2020.
- 16 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Going to The Gong 2020.
Competitions
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
- Newcastle Autumn 2021 · 30 May 2021
- Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021 · 22 May 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Auckland Summer Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Going to The Gong 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
- Koalafication Sydney 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sydney 2018 · 11 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2018 · 21 Apr 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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Caleb Clark — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.