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Ahmed Faraaz

3×3 · top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015FARA01

Ahmed Faraaz has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.01, set at MathSoc Open 2018, puts him in the top 27.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,714th in India. Across 7 competitions since June 2015, he has put 129 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.57 in June 2015 to 4.55, a 61% improvement. Ahmed has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.01
signature single · MathSoc Open 2018
129
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×316.0122.65
top 27.8%3,714 / 20,018
2×24.555.35
top 33.6%3,006 / 12,146
Skewb7.9013.40
top 40.5%1,138 / 3,524
Pyraminx9.0512.18
top 45.3%2,967 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed1:37.64
early days — 3 solves4,192 / 4,516

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

Pune Fall Open V2.0 2015: 11.57Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 6.45Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 7.11MathSoc Open 2016: 4.55Indian Nationals 2016: 5.16MathSoc Open 2018: 5.82SNU Open 2018: 4.784.5511.5721 Jun 20157 Apr 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.