People · Malaysia
Arif Thaqif Bin Zaidi
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025ZAID01
Arif Thaqif Bin Zaidi has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 229th in Malaysia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.76 in March 2025 to 8.87, a 40% improvement. Arif 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 | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.87 | 11.04 | top 4.6% | 229 / 3,773 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 4.19 | top 20.0% | 556 / 2,541 | |
| Skewb | 9.72 | 11.38 | top 53.2% | 631 / 1,053 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026.
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025. A 14.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MYHM UoSM Final Cube Open 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UoSM Cube Open SOR 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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.
- Wang Junwen (王俊文) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Harith Lim — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.