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Abdullah Gulab

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014GULA02

Abdullah Gulab has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Kawartha Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Pakistan. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 119 competitions since November 2014, he has put 2,583 official solves on the record across 16 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 20.66 in November 2014 to 8.24, a 60% improvement. Abdullah has entered 119 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.24
signature single · Kawartha Fall 2025
2,583
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPakistan
3×38.2412.60
top 3.2%11 / 294
2×22.324.35
top 7.2%6 / 190
3×3 one-handed15.0220.66
top 8.2%6 / 55
Clock6.599.40
top 9.5%2 / 10
3×3 blindfolded1:04.711:41.73
top 14.6%2 / 4
5×51:15.701:30.70
top 15.9%6 / 26
4×444.3149.52
top 17.4%12 / 78
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves38.33
top 17.4%1 / 4
3×3 Multi-Blind10 of 10 cubes · 55:25—
top 17.5%1 / 2
Pyraminx5.888.85
top 19.1%15 / 113
Megaminx1:21.371:39.45
top 22.7%3 / 15
Skewb5.829.28
top 24.4%4 / 25
7×73:52.634:08.26
top 28.0%2 / 6
6×62:35.322:50.54
top 28.4%3 / 6
4×4 blindfolded10:00.00—
top 57.7%1 / 2
Square-11:49.601:59.33
top 97.8%8 / 8

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

Toronto Open Fall 2014: 20.66Toronto Open Winter 2015: 18.29Toronto Open Spring 2015: 17.07Toronto Open Fall 2015: 16.87Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 16.35Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 16.35Pakistan Open 2018: 13.46Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 15.51Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 13.67Ajax Winter 2019: 13.69Return to Toronto 2019: 13.308 Wing Limited 2019: 12.49National Capital Region 2019: 12.37Newmarket Open 2019: 12.77Canadian Championship 2019: 13.79CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.75Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 13.52Battle of Waterloo 2019: 10.86Pakistan Winter 2019: 13.41Leap to Barrie 2020: 13.29Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 13.93Battle of Waterloo 2022: 12.76Richmond Hill 2022: 13.18Ajax NxNxN 2022: 11.16Oakville Fall A 2022: 13.61Appleby Winter B 2023: 13.61Waterloo Favourites B 2023: 15.15London Winter A 2023: 13.11Pickering C 2023: 12.43Newmarket Favourites 2023: 13.23Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 13.27Guelph 2023: 13.20Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 13.13Michigan 2023: 12.80Canadian Championship 2023: 11.29CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.92Appleby Summer A 2023: 12.09Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 11.85Icelandic Nationals 2023: 10.98Appleby Fall A 2023: 13.97Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 10.42Pickering Fall B 2023: 11.10Scarborough Fall B 2023: 12.54Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 13.44Kingston Winter 2024: 12.32Greater Toronto 2024: 12.20London Winter 2024: 10.26Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 10.12Moncton Spring 2024: 13.22Charlottetown Mini 2024: 12.96Thornhill Spring 2024: 12.99Return to Pakistan 2024: 12.94Battle of Waterloo 2024: 12.11Michigan Championship 2024: 12.32Appleby Summer 2024: 11.83Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.54Ontario Championship 2024: 10.88Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 11.83Gander 2024: 12.03Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 12.56A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 13.83Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 12.67Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 11.69Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025: 10.94Waterloo Winter 2025: 10.91Greater Toronto 2025: 13.62Mississauga Newcomers A 2025: 12.81Western Ontario Winter 2025: 12.83Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 12.79Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 15.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.06Championnat Canadien 2025: 10.22Michigan Championship 2025: 12.07Brantford Fall 2025: 11.10Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 10.58Kawartha Fall 2025: 8.24Waterloo Fall 2025: 9.25Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 13.39Western Ontario Winter 2026: 13.48Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 12.27Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 13.03Waterloo Spring 2026: 11.36Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 13.29Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 15.748.2420.6622 Nov 20142 Jul 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.