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Ali Udawala

3×3 · top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016UDAW01

Ali Udawala has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.66, set at Space City Summer 2023, puts him in the top 16.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,706th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2016, he has put 49 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.67 in July 2016 to 12.66, a 36% improvement. Ali has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.66
signature single · Space City Summer 2023
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.6614.88
top 16.2%8,706 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.9510.36
top 19.6%5,234 / 28,708
2×24.065.81
top 27.3%10,764 / 40,951
Skewb7.0210.66
top 33.8%5,686 / 18,907
4×41:11.84
early days — 3 solves8,133 / 19,072
Megaminx2:20.38
early days — 2 solves4,249 / 7,841

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

Houston Cube Blast 2016: 19.67Southern Championships 2017: 15.84Space City Summer 2023: 12.6612.6619.6716 Jul 20168 Jul 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.

  • Seth Talbot — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Matt Lee — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • George Fan — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.