People · India
Aafiyan Ashif Shaikh
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SHAI03
Aafiyan Ashif Shaikh has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Sanskara Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 345th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, he has put 122 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.13 in July 2023 to 8.43, a 54% improvement. Aafiyan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 10.83 | top 3.6% | 345 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.33 | 23.91 | top 21.4% | 762 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 48.09 | 56.08 | top 22.2% | 650 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.29 | 12.80 | top 55.3% | 3,733 / 8,934 | |
| Megaminx | 3:11.91 | 3:25.60 | top 78.3% | 963 / 1,443 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Sanskara Cube Open 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Sanskara Cube Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Trivandrum Cube Open 2025.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Reliance Alleppey Open 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Reliance Alleppey Open 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023First competition: mcubes Cube Open 2023. A 18.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MoT Cube Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025 · 21 Sep 2025
- Sanskara Cube Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Trivandrum Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Reliance Alleppey Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- mcubes Cube Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
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.
- Ritesh R Nair — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Muhammed Shehzad Khan — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zaeem Abdullah Naseef (സഈം അബ്ദുല്ലാഹ് നസീഫ്) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.