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Ali M. Bawla

3×3 · top 34.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021BAWL01

Ali M. Bawla has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.26, set at Empire State Spring 2023, puts him in the top 34.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,469th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2021, he has put 23 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.85 in December 2021 to 18.26, a 20% improvement. Ali has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.9% of 284,439 all-time
18.26
signature single · Empire State Spring 2023
23
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.2620.81
top 34.9%19,469 / 59,724

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

Florida Fall 2021: 22.85Empire State Winter A 2022: 24.64Empire State Spring 2023: 18.26CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 20.9718.2624.6411 Dec 202117 Jun 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.