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Abdullah Islam

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015ISLA01

Abdullah Islam has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at Puget Sound Open 2015, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,750th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2015, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.30 in January 2015 to 9.78, a 20% improvement. Abdullah has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.78
signature single · Puget Sound Open 2015
120
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.7811.10
top 6.9%3,750 / 59,724
Skewb4.528.18
top 14.6%2,279 / 18,907
4×442.4950.90
top 15.1%2,271 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.958.68
top 19.6%5,234 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed19.8521.85
top 20.1%2,584 / 15,683
2×24.144.94
top 28.3%11,184 / 40,951
5×51:45.281:52.30
top 39.4%3,168 / 9,401
7×75:24.485:29.27
early days — 3 solves1,725 / 3,184

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

Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 12.30UW Spring 2015: 11.48Keep Portland Weird 2015: 10.40Puget Sound Open 2015: 9.789.7812.3031 Jan 201517 Oct 2015

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.

  • Jason Hunt — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Ben Yu — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Janelle Tin — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 7 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.