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Atif Malik

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017MALI06

Atif Malik has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at PDPU Open 2019, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 785th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2017, he has put 141 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.28 in October 2017 to 11.58, a 65% improvement. Atif has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · PDPU Open 2019
141
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.584.44
top 9.7%785 / 12,146
3×311.5813.46
top 12.4%1,449 / 20,018
Pyraminx5.6911.78
top 17.7%1,054 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed21.9324.88
top 25.8%924 / 4,516

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

i.Cube Open 2017: 33.28Caarn Ahmedabad Cube Open 2018: 16.29DA-IICT Open 2018: 12.63PDPU Open 2019: 14.39Synocubix 2020: 11.5811.5833.2828 Oct 201716 Feb 2020

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.