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Abubakar Ahmed

3×3 · top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017AHME10

Abubakar Ahmed has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.53, set at Durban Winter 2024, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since July 2017, he has put 70 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.71 in July 2017 to 11.53, an 81% improvement. Abubakar has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.53
signature single · Durban Winter 2024
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×311.5314.70
top 12.3%134 / 2,164
2×23.705.36
top 22.7%241 / 1,510
Pyraminx8.0313.82
top 36.4%277 / 946
4×41:06.271:17.17
top 43.2%148 / 491

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

Eden Village Winter 2017: 1:01.71Dolphin Coast Autumn 2023: 14.44Durban Winter 2024: 11.5311.531:01.7115 Jul 20178 Jun 2024

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.