People · Bahrain
Bayan Alalawi
2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ALAL01
Bayan Alalawi has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at American School of Bahrain A 2024, puts her in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Bahrain. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2022, she has put 427 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 23.99 in July 2022 to 15.15, a 37% improvement. Bayan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Bahrain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 5.84 | top 7.2% | 5 / 68 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.53 | 9.23 | top 24.1% | 10 / 43 | |
| 3×3 | 15.15 | 17.84 | top 24.9% | 17 / 100 | |
| Skewb | 6.31 | 10.16 | top 28.2% | 4 / 22 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.23 | 2:24.22 | top 41.1% | 3 / 10 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.92 | 1:22.89 | top 42.8% | 9 / 28 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.55 | 2:31.94 | top 59.7% | 4 / 10 | |
| Clock | 21.48 | 24.87 | top 68.7% | 4 / 10 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | 54.00 | top 71.5% | 2 / 5 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.88 | 1:16.43 | top 80.7% | 17 / 24 | |
| 6×6 | 5:02.53 | 5:28.93 | top 82.0% | 3 / 4 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:08.98 | — | top 87.6% | 4 / 4 | |
| 7×7 | 8:02.34 | 8:24.29 | early days — 3 solves | 2 / 2 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at SolveIt Bahrain 2026.
- 3 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2025.
- 20 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at SolveIt Bahrain 2025.
- 16 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at American School of Bahrain A 2024.
- 2 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hala February Kuwait 2024.
- 13 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- SolveIt Bahrain 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2025 · 3 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- SolveIt Bahrain 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2024 · 11 Oct 2024
- American School of Bahrain A 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hala February Kuwait 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2023 · 13 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- American School of Bahrain 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Q8speedcubing in K.S.E 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dana Mall Bahrain Open 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Hello Q8Speedcubing 2022 · 8 Jul 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 her.
- Zainab Alaradi — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 72 times · head to head
- Hussain Merza — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ahmad Alolaimi — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as she improves.