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Ayaan Ali Ahmad
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022AHMA07
Ayaan Ali Ahmad has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Dubai American Academy Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 364th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 165 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.02 in December 2022 to 8.49, a 23% improvement. Ayaan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.49 | 9.22 | top 3.7% | 364 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.41 | top 4.4% | 322 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 52.44 | 59.08 | top 6.2% | 48 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 35.56 | 39.06 | top 7.2% | 194 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.67 | 20.57 | top 11.8% | 388 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 8.04 | 17.19 | top 41.6% | 1,160 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 11.08 | top 43.0% | 2,792 / 8,934 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Dubai American Academy Open 2025.
- 26 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025.
- 21 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Raha Open 2023.
- 21 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Raha Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022First competition: Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022. A 11.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Patna Cube Challenge 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022
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.
- Vidur Arun — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Advik Bansal — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Hammad Ali Ahmad — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.