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Aman Abdulsalam

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ABDU03

Aman Abdulsalam has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.69, set at Dubai Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 214th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2016, he has put 290 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.63 in May 2016 to 7.69, a 47% improvement. Aman has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.69
signature single · Dubai Open 2024
290
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.6910.25
top 2.3%214 / 20,018
4×433.1337.33
top 5.1%126 / 4,186
2×22.914.20
top 13.2%1,093 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed19.1121.19
top 18.1%624 / 4,516
5×51:40.301:52.45
top 35.6%441 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded5:10.00
early days — 1 solve437 / 598

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

Dubai Open 2016: 14.63Emirates Open 2017: 11.64Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 8.96Cubing Kerala Winter Open 2017: 10.50Cubing Kerala Cubezone Open 2018: 10.79Cubing Kerala Adaar Open 2018: 10.37mcubes Cube Open 2023: 9.07Dubai Open 2024: 7.697.6914.6313 May 201627 Apr 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.