People · United Arab Emirates
Ali Alshamsi
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ALSH04
Ali Alshamsi has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Raha Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the United Arab Emirates. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2022, he has put 111 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Ali has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 5.84 | top 3.0% | 1 / 27 | |
| Skewb | 4.87 | 8.81 | top 17.2% | 1 / 11 | |
| 3×3 | 13.98 | 15.80 | top 20.9% | 7 / 44 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.19 | 9.48 | top 21.4% | 5 / 17 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.52 | 1:57.29 | top 29.8% | 2 / 3 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.91 | — | top 45.8% | 4 / 11 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2 / 4 |
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
- 21 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Raha Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Dubai Summer Open 2022. A 14.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Dubai Summer Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Mihir Narayan — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Pranav Prakash — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Ratheesh Gnanadoss Maniraj — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.