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Ali Farahani (علی فراهانی)

3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012FARA01

Ali Farahani (علی فراهانی) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Alborz Green Cup 2019, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Iran. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2012, he has put 892 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.19 in April 2012 to 9.04, a 77% improvement. Ali has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.04
signature single · Alborz Green Cup 2019
892
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×39.0410.52
top 4.9%62 / 1,569
Pyraminx3.936.36
top 7.3%33 / 500
2×22.593.68
top 9.8%71 / 856
3×3 one-handed17.4119.78
top 13.6%43 / 298
4×452.351:01.05
top 27.6%79 / 295
Clock12.9714.92
top 39.5%17 / 51
5×52:06.142:21.91
top 53.1%69 / 140
Skewb11.0418.05
top 61.0%82 / 152
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves51.33
early days — 3 solves38 / 55
Megaminx3:40.914:03.38
top 86.2%67 / 72
6×66:46.16—
early days — 2 solves32 / 34

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

Iran Rubikup 2012: 39.19Iran Open 2012: 17.31Avecina Autumn Rubik's Cube Competition 2012: 15.21Iran Summer Cube 2013: 13.40Iran Open 2013: 13.19Iran Autumn Cube 2013: 12.08CubeComp I Iran 2014: 12.40Summer with Cubers 2014: 13.36Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 11.06Parax Cubecomp 2015: 11.67IranPuzzle Cube Challenge 2015: 12.84Iran Open 2016: 10.77Iran Grand Prix 2016: 11.88Iran Nationals 2016: 10.95Iran Open 2017: 10.40Chekaad Summer 2017: 11.82Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 9.40Chekaad Summer 2018: 10.55Icy Summer 2018: 11.78Iran Academy 2018: 10.24Alborz Green Cup 2019: 9.04Chekaad Summer 2019: 9.80Kite Autumn 2019: 12.159.0439.1919 Apr 201229 Nov 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.