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Eissa Alshemali

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ALSH01

Eissa Alshemali has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Kuwait. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2017, he has put 188 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.61 in January 2017 to 11.21, a 23% improvement. Eissa has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.46
signature single · Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017
188
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKuwait
2×21.464.00
top 2.0%1 / 142
3×311.2113.75
top 11.1%14 / 176
4×41:01.161:14.44
top 37.7%15 / 44
Megaminx1:55.202:19.50
top 43.3%6 / 31
5×51:57.122:06.07
top 47.5%7 / 25
3×3 blindfolded3:11.78
early days — 3 solves6 / 11
3×3 one-handed36.1148.38
top 59.3%18 / 49

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

Emirates Open 2017: 14.61Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 11.21Kuwait Open 2017: 12.90Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017: 13.07Bahrain Open 2017: 12.65Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018: 14.16GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 14.8211.2114.8214 Jan 201727 Oct 2018

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.