NOT even the best kitchen hands can stack as fast as Lyndhurst speed stacker Ravin Rathnayake.
The St Margaret’s School super stacking student stormed into the top-tier rankings with a fourth place finish in the 7-8 male 3-6-3 final at the World Speed Stacking Association’s (WSSA) World Sport Stacking Championships in Joenju, South Korea.
His time of 3.027 is the new Australian record for his age group and Ravin is able to go even quicker with a sub-three-second time almost in his grasp at the championships.
“I became fourth in the 3-3-3 stack, but I hit the goal – which in my final attempt at the 3-6-3 I hit a 2.950 but it was one cup scratched, but even though two of them were clean,” Ravin said.
“It’s pretty good, but I thought I was going to get third but they changed it.”
He’s been a natural convert to the sport even since first picking up the cups as a four-year-old and he wants to keep performing better times and making a big impact in the world’s quickest sport.
“I started when I was four-years-old and my first tournament was a state tournament in 2012… I came first,” Ravin said.
“In the Australian champion my dad thinks I’ll hit a seven (second time) on the cycle – because I hit an eight and I’m pretty sure that I’ll hit a seven this time.”
Meeting a world champion William Polly was a great highlight for Ravin at the world championships and he hopes to keep pushing his times down and improving his technique for his beloved cycle discipline.
“I probably like the cycle because it’s the most complex one and I can do it,” Ravin said.
“I want to hit a nine always rather than hitting the bigger times than nine as Ty (coach Ty Hallam) always says.”
Ravin wanted to thank his speed stacking coach Ty Hallam.
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