People · Bahrain
Ali Hussain Altannak
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ALTA04
Ali Hussain Altannak has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at SolveIt Bahrain 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Bahrain. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 119 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.78 in May 2023 to 8.69, a 45% improvement. Ali has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bahrain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.69 | 10.31 | top 4.2% | 3 / 100 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.07 | top 11.9% | 6 / 68 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.34 | 20.05 | top 16.0% | 3 / 24 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.94 | 7.65 | top 19.5% | 6 / 43 | |
| 4×4 | 51.65 | 56.65 | top 26.7% | 5 / 28 | |
| Square-1 | 21.55 | 29.24 | top 31.4% | 3 / 7 |
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 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at SolveIt Bahrain 2026.
- 20 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at SolveIt Bahrain 2025.
- 16 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 10.01 at American School of Bahrain A 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: American School of Bahrain 2023. A 15.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SolveIt Bahrain 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- SolveIt Bahrain 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- American School of Bahrain A 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- American School of Bahrain 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Mikhail Nikitin — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Bayan Alalawi — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Zainab Alaradi — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.