People · United States
Ammaar M. Shariff
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019SHAR57
Ammaar M. Shariff has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.55, set at Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,221st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2019, he has put 133 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.67 in November 2019 to 7.55, a 35% improvement. Ammaar 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.55 | 8.48 | top 2.1% | 1,221 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 34.96 | 39.52 | top 6.7% | 1,033 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.24 | 17.54 | top 8.6% | 1,154 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 2.88 | top 10.5% | 4,132 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.03 | 1:20.34 | top 13.8% | 1,057 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.39 | 1:19.65 | top 18.3% | 1,236 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 8.42 | top 22.7% | 6,119 / 28,708 |
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
- 8 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at Mum's the Word 2023.
- 23 Nov 2019First competition: SBU Fall 2019. A 11.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SBU Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
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.
- Parker Trager — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.