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Bilal Kapadya

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KAPA01

Bilal Kapadya has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at AZCubing Summer 2019, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,982nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2017, he has put 155 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.52 in January 2017 to 9.92, a 52% improvement. Bilal has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.92
signature single · AZCubing Summer 2019
155
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9211.56
top 7.2%3,982 / 59,724
2×24.016.38
top 26.6%10,519 / 40,951
4×41:06.651:11.39
top 43.6%7,196 / 19,072
Pyraminx15.7421.77
top 84.3%24,864 / 28,708

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

AZCubing Winter 2017: 20.52AZCubing Spring 2017: 13.05Cubing Comp at Hamilton 2017: 16.06AZCubing Summer 2017: 13.03AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017: 14.08AZCubing Hamilton Winter 2018: 13.69AZCubing Open 2018: 12.04AZCubing Spring 2019: 12.54AZCubing Summer 2019: 9.92Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 13.109.9220.5214 Jan 201727 Jan 2024

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.

  • Ivan Vanek — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Caleb Hoffman — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ngan Tran — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.