People · Australia
Vinz Navales
2×2 · top 0.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014NAVA04
Vinz Navales has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.07, set at North Sydney Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 72nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2014, he has put 409 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.84 in November 2014 to 8.00, a 38% improvement. Vinz has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.07 | 2.61 | top 0.7% | 72 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 8.00 | 9.89 | top 2.8% | 276 / 11,709 | |
| 4×4 | 47.35 | 55.23 | top 21.3% | 529 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.09 | 2:13.46 | top 45.4% | 616 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.24 | 36.11 | top 47.2% | 1,104 / 2,659 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.53 | 13.42 | top 49.3% | 2,773 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Oct 2015Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2015.
- 28 Jun 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Newcastle Winter 2015.
- 28 Jun 2015Four personal bests in one day at Newcastle Winter 2015.
- 2 May 2015Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Autumn 2015.
- 23 Nov 2014First competition: Sydney Spring 2014. A 12.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025 · 17 May 2025
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Orange Zest 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- Newcastle Autumn 2021 · 30 May 2021
- Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021 · 23 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Going to The Gong 2020 · 16 Feb 2020
- Fortitude Sydney 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Sydney Winter 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle Winter 2015 · 28 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Sydney Spring 2014 · 23 Nov 2014 — 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.
- William Tao — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kirt Protacio — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nathan Seeto — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.