People · United Kingdom
Arham Shafi
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SHAF03
Arham Shafi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Hampshire Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 628th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.70 in August 2018 to 10.42, a 54% improvement. Arham has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.42 | 13.95 | top 8.7% | 628 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.90 | top 12.4% | 770 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.11 | 17.72 | top 82.2% | 3,180 / 3,656 |
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
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.32 at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.36 at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018First competition: August Bank Holiday Competition 2018. A 22.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hampshire Autumn 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
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.
- Hussain Iqbal — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Bertie Longden — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billie Hammill — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.