People · Australia
Xavier Naess
3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019KNEZ02
Xavier Naess has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.92, set at Adelaide Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 141st in Australia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2019, he has put 140 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.19 in February 2019 to 6.92, an 84% improvement. Xavier has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 6.92 | 11.85 | top 1.2% | 141 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 6.80 | top 11.3% | 533 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.56 | top 12.5% | 970 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 5.24 | 12.16 | top 20.1% | 540 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 56.94 | 1:07.05 | top 33.1% | 876 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.79 | 2:12.81 | top 45.7% | 563 / 1,313 | |
| Square-1 | 42.10 | 48.20 | top 67.9% | 669 / 920 |
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
- 22 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 6.92 at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 22 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 6.92 at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 22 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 10 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.72 at Horsham 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-30 3×3: 21.94 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First competition: Brilliant Ballarat 2019. A 44.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Horsham 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aaron Spiller — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ben Wakelin — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.