People · Sweden
Aria Zolfaghari
3×3 one-handed · top 3.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011ZOLF01
Aria Zolfaghari has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.58, set at Huddinge Cube Day 2014, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Sweden. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2011, he has put 595 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in September 2011 to 8.96, a 51% improvement. Aria has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sweden | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.58 | 14.45 | top 3.8% | 43 / 868 | |
| 3×3 | 8.96 | 10.51 | top 4.8% | 156 / 2,925 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.84 | top 12.3% | 353 / 2,325 | |
| 4×4 | 45.46 | 51.27 | top 18.9% | 182 / 1,120 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 128 / 168 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.08 | 16.65 | top 73.3% | 1,346 / 1,730 | |
| Megaminx | 6:01.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 557 / 564 |
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
- 20 Sep 2014First sub-10 3×3: 8.96 at Swedish Championship 2014.
- 21 Jul 2012Four personal bests in one day at Vårgårda Open 2012.
- 6 Apr 2012Five personal bests in one day at Danish Open 2012.
- 26 Nov 2011First sub-15 3×3: 13.84 at Swedish Cubedays 2011.
- 26 Nov 2011Five personal bests in one day at Swedish Cubedays 2011.
- 17 Sep 2011First competition: Swedish Championship 2011. A 18.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stockholmsligan 1: The Gunners - 2023 · 19 Jan 2023
- Kubsala Winter 2023 · 13 Jan 2023
- Swedish Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
- Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
- Swedish Championship 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Spring 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Linkub 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Uppsala Open 2015 · 10 Jan 2015
- Huddinge Cube Day 2014 · 27 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Oxford Winter 2014 · 20 Dec 2014
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014
- Swedish Championship 2014 · 20 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Swedish Cube Days 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012 · 12 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Vårgårda Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- Danish Open 2012 · 6 Apr 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Cubedays 2011 · 26 Nov 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Swedish Championship 2011 · 17 Sep 2011
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.
- Gunnar Krig — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Anders Berggren — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Joel Ulin — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.