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Arshia Tafakorian (ارشیا تفکریان)

3×3 · top 55.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014TAFA01

Arshia Tafakorian (ارشیا تفکریان) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.31, set at Parax Cubecomp 2015, puts him in the top 55.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 786th in Iran. Across 3 competitions since April 2014, he has put 32 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:22.81 in April 2014 to 26.31, a 68% improvement. Arshia has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 55.4% of 284,439 all-time
26.31
signature single · Parax Cubecomp 2015
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×326.3129.48
top 55.4%786 / 1,569
2×26.5910.16
top 56.9%458 / 856
Pyraminx15.0316.26
top 81.9%366 / 500
3×3 one-handed1:01.941:08.90
top 85.0%274 / 298
Skewb22.8634.58
top 93.1%145 / 152

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

CubeComp I Iran 2014: 1:22.81Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 1:04.94Parax Cubecomp 2015: 26.3126.311:22.8117 Apr 201411 Sep 2015

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.