People · Pakistan
Ali Jawad Parpia
Square-1 · top 2.4% of 25,272 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PARP01
Ali Jawad Parpia has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at Virginia Championship 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Pakistan. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2022, he has put 585 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.72 in December 2022 to 10.61, a 63% improvement. Ali has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Pakistan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 7.49 | 10.37 | top 2.4% | 1 / 8 | |
| Clock | 5.38 | 6.76 | top 5.4% | 1 / 10 | |
| Skewb | 3.39 | 5.90 | top 7.1% | 1 / 25 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 13.60 | top 9.3% | 19 / 294 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.39 | 27.61 | top 13.6% | 9 / 55 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.30 | 11.96 | top 22.2% | 18 / 113 | |
| 4×4 | 49.29 | 56.32 | top 23.8% | 14 / 78 | |
| 2×2 | 4.10 | 5.65 | top 27.8% | 33 / 190 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.72 | 1:54.96 | top 34.5% | 4 / 15 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.84 | 1:50.45 | top 39.0% | 11 / 26 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 5.0 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.17 at FSUbers 4.0 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 4.0 2023.
Competitions
- Brilliant Big & Blind Bravo Orlando 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Fountain City 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 4.0 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kendeda Kubing A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 3.0 2022 · 3 Dec 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.
- Kellan Butler — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Daniel Porter — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Sean Hartman — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.