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Arbaz Ali

3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ALIA01

Arbaz Ali has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.57, set at MathSoc Open 2018, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 664th in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2017, he has put 38 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.16 in January 2017 to 9.57, a 59% improvement. Arbaz has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time
9.57
signature single · MathSoc Open 2018
38
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.5711.32
top 6.3%664 / 20,018
2×25.267.75
top 42.5%3,969 / 12,146

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

MathSoc Open 2017: 23.16Delhi Open 2017: 16.06Lord Of The Minx 2017: 11.06MathSoc Open 2018: 9.579.5723.1621 Jan 201727 Jan 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.