People · Jordan
Baha Alshwaiki
Skewb · top 2.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ALSH03
Baha Alshwaiki has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at Ramli Mall Open 2018, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Jordan. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since October 2017, he has put 664 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.45 in October 2017 to 9.55, a 48% improvement. Baha has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Jordan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.45 | 8.05 | top 2.7% | 1 / 84 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.63 | top 5.7% | 10 / 264 | |
| 3×3 | 9.55 | 11.08 | top 6.2% | 14 / 378 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.60 | 17.41 | top 9.4% | 8 / 85 | |
| 4×4 | 41.64 | 46.98 | top 14.1% | 9 / 111 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.82 | 1:32.66 | top 23.1% | 6 / 39 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:55.00 | 2:42.04 | top 31.7% | 3 / 19 | |
| 6×6 | 3:24.52 | 3:49.51 | top 52.5% | 6 / 14 | |
| Megaminx | 2:18.73 | 2:26.62 | top 55.7% | 14 / 50 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Oman Open 2023.
- 3 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Amman Wintertime 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Dubai Summer Open 2022.
- 17 Aug 2018Five personal bests in one day at Ramli Mall Open 2018.
- 10 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018.
Competitions
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Al-Madar Open 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Irbid Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Back to İzmir 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Back to İstanbul 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023
- American School of Bahrain 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Oman Open 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Creativity Makers 2023 · 7 Feb 2023
- Amman Wintertime 2023 · 3 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dubai Summer Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ramli Mall Bahrain Open 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- City Centre Sharjah Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019
- Jordan Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019
- Mental Breakdown Abu Dhabi 2019 · 26 Apr 2019
- Sharjah Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Ramli Mall Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017 · 21 Oct 2017
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.
- Aysha Jamsheer — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 32 times · head to head
- Mihir Narayan — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- France Bautista — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 16 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.