People · Nigeria
Akin Falase
5×5 · top 6.8% of 40,792 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019FALA01
Akin Falase has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:02.33, set at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Nigeria. Until January 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 101 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.25 in May 2019 to 10.09, a 29% improvement. Akin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:02.33 | 1:10.88 | top 6.8% | 2 / 22 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 11.80 | top 7.7% | 13 / 300 | |
| 4×4 | 37.07 | 41.30 | top 8.8% | 4 / 57 | |
| 6×6 | 2:14.74 | 2:25.26 | early days — 3 solves | 3 / 4 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 4.95 | top 23.8% | 22 / 101 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.43 | 4:14.80 | early days — 3 solves | 3 / 5 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.56 | 11.11 | top 41.0% | 19 / 62 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.58 | 30.46 | top 45.7% | 17 / 43 | |
| Skewb | 9.22 | 12.48 | top 49.9% | 9 / 16 | |
| Square-1 | 33.08 | 42.27 | top 55.3% | 3 / 6 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.81 | 2:33.24 | top 55.3% | 10 / 15 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2025.
- 25 May 2019First competition: Nigeria Open 2019. A 14.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nigeria Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alec Hall — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Daniel Robinson — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.