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Ali Mohammadpour Shojai (علی محمدپورشجاعی)

3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011SHOJ01

Ali Mohammadpour Shojai (علی محمدپورشجاعی) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.74, set at Turkish Open 2013, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in Iran. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2011, he has put 176 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.91 in September 2011 to 10.74, a 17% improvement. Ali has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.74
signature single · Turkish Open 2013
176
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×310.7411.82
top 9.7%134 / 1,569
2×23.115.65
top 15.5%113 / 856
4×443.1854.89
top 16.0%47 / 295
5×51:26.751:40.10
top 24.7%27 / 140

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 Open 2011: 12.91World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 13.25Iran Rubikup 2012: 12.13Iran Open 2012: 12.31Turkish Open 2013: 10.7410.7413.251 Sep 201127 Apr 2013

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.