People · United Kingdom
Ali Bashar
2×2 · top 32.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025BASH04
Ali Bashar has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.46, set at El Jadida Open 2026, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,727th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 173 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.35 in July 2025 to 24.05, a 26% improvement. Ali has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.46 | 6.26 | top 32.4% | 1,727 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 7.32 | 10.76 | top 36.1% | 859 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 24.05 | 28.27 | top 50.5% | 3,517 / 6,689 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.31 | 2:56.17 | top 55.0% | 628 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.98 | 1:54.21 | top 69.3% | 1,534 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.62 | 56.93 | top 73.4% | 1,309 / 1,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.12 | 18.65 | top 78.3% | 3,049 / 3,656 | |
| 5×5 | 4:11.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,123 / 1,151 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at INPT Open 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at EBC Open 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Marrakech Open 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.66 at Moroccan Championship 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Moroccan Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025. A 32.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- El Jadida Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- INPT Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrakech Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Moroccan Championship 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
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.
- Lilya Lagzouli — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fariss Safouan Essalmi — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Omar Lyoubi — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.