People · Morocco
Ayoub El Atouany
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017ATOU01
Ayoub El Atouany has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.74, set at INPT Olympiads 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Morocco. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 188 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in March 2017 to 9.74, a 21% improvement. Ayoub has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.74 | 10.77 | top 6.7% | 10 / 206 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 5.79 | top 27.1% | 26 / 120 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.36 | 39.67 | top 40.3% | 17 / 59 |
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
- 2 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Morocco Autumn 2018.
- 2 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Morocco Autumn 2018.
- 8 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Morocco Open 2018.
- 5 Mar 2017First competition: Morocco Open 2017. A 12.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- EBC Open 2026 · 9 May 2026
- EBC Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- INPT Olympiads 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Morocco Summer 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Morocco Autumn 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Morocco Open 2018 · 8 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Morocco Open 2017 · 5 Mar 2017 — 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.
- Anas Fathani — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Soufiane Lakhlifi — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Omar Ouadouha — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.