People · India
Arif Mahmud
Square-1 · top 10.6% of 25,662 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018MAHM02
Arif Mahmud has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 12.33, set at 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 25,662 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in India. Across 11 competitions since September 2018, he has put 318 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.57 in September 2018 to 14.02, a 25% improvement. Arif has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 12.33 | 13.55 | top 10.6% | 59 / 813 | |
| Clock | 8.26 | 10.21 | top 16.3% | 146 / 1,109 | |
| Skewb | 4.80 | 7.41 | top 16.7% | 462 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 | 14.02 | 18.69 | top 21.1% | 2,691 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 4.29 | top 23.3% | 2,037 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 59.00 | 1:11.23 | top 35.5% | 1,134 / 4,220 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.83 | 2:08.63 | top 44.2% | 505 / 1,458 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.68 | 13.10 | top 50.5% | 3,375 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.90 | 1:00.91 | top 82.0% | 3,404 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 3:14.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,149 / 1,537 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at 6th Guwahati Open 2024.
- 21 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Barpeta Summer Cube Open 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024.
- 15 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2023.
- 11 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Guwahati Summer Open 2019.
Competitions
- 7th Guwahati Open 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Barpeta Cubing Open 2026 · 26 Jul 2026
- Dibrugarh Speedcubing Open 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Barpeta Winter Cube Open 2024 · 29 Dec 2024
- 6th Guwahati Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Barpeta Summer Cube Open 2024 · 21 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Guwahati Summer Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- 4th Guwahati Open 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kaushik Sarma — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dev Sharma — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aditya Goswami — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.