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Talisin Howden

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024HOWD01

Talisin Howden has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at VIC State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,184th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since October 2024, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.32 in October 2024 to 11.84, an 11% improvement. Talisin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · VIC State Championship 2025
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×311.8414.14
top 13.3%1,184 / 11,709
2×23.464.49
top 19.7%1,496 / 8,567
4×456.141:03.55
top 32.1%839 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed28.0332.36
top 42.0%984 / 2,659
Skewb8.9612.85
top 48.1%1,527 / 3,534
Pyraminx11.8816.81
top 66.4%3,983 / 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

Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 13.32Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.75VIC State Championship 2025: 11.8411.8413.325 Oct 202431 May 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.

  • Ryan Deng — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Chiyun Lin — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Toby Drew — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.