People · Lebanon
Ali Salame
2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025SALA06
Ali Salame has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Marrakech Open 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Lebanon. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 71 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.92 in April 2025 to 34.39, a 42% improvement. Ali has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Lebanon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 6.75 | top 8.2% | 4 / 54 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.45 | 12.37 | top 48.6% | 13 / 41 | |
| 3×3 | 34.39 | 36.98 | top 69.6% | 52 / 74 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: EBC Open 2025. A 58.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- El Jadida Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrakech Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Moroccan Championship 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
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.
- Lilya Lagzouli — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Fariss Safouan Essalmi — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mohammed Reda Chaddad — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.