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Taine Cassar

3×3 · top 0.5% of 288,433 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 0.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th 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 36,406 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.

3×3
best event — top 0.5% of 288,433 all-time
6.02
signature single · Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024
1,073
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.027.68
top 0.5%54 / 11,943
Megaminx37.0539.27
top 0.95%12 / 1,313
4×431.7436.24
top 4.0%110 / 3,108
2×21.893.47
top 4.1%327 / 8,727
Pyraminx3.766.40
top 6.5%290 / 6,109
3×3 one-handed16.0518.30
top 10.4%237 / 2,685
5×51:10.961:15.30
top 12.4%171 / 1,412
Skewb4.777.00
top 16.5%435 / 3,589
Square-119.8325.34
top 27.7%272 / 920
6×63:00.643:03.71
top 41.4%261 / 667
Clock13.6414.41
top 42.3%455 / 1,159
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves—
early days — 3 solves395 / 474
3×3 blindfolded6:32.54—
early days — 1 solve364 / 399

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

Canberra Autumn 2018: 12.82Warm Up Sydney 2018: 11.86Australian Nationals 2018: 10.09Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 9.88New Zealand Nationals 2018: 10.16Koalafication Sydney 2019: 9.56Koalafication Canberra 2019: 10.40WCA World Championship 2019: 8.73Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.46Fortitude Sydney 2019: 8.34Going to The Gong 2020: 8.79Auckland Summer Open 2020: 8.07Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 7.92Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 8.30Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 7.20Newcastle Autumn 2021: 8.36Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022: 7.50Canberra Autumn 2022: 6.95Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 6.79Marrickville Mega May Open 2023: 7.24Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 7.30Australian Nationals 2023: 6.81Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 6.02Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 6.636.0212.8221 Apr 20186 Dec 2025

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.

  • 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 76 people have one; it is 7.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.