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Ali Sadeghi (علی صادقی)

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SADE01

Ali Sadeghi (علی صادقی) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Iran Open 2013, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 103rd in Iran. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2012, he has put 93 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.90 in October 2012 to 10.06, a 28% improvement. Ali has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.06
signature single · Iran Open 2013
93
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×310.0611.50
top 7.6%103 / 1,569
4×445.1953.04
top 18.5%54 / 295
2×23.534.82
top 20.6%158 / 856
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves
early days — 1 solve17 / 55

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 2012: 13.90Iran Summer Cube 2013: 11.83Iran Open 2013: 10.06Iran Autumn Cube 2013: 10.3010.0613.9024 Oct 201224 Oct 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 0.06 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.