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Erfan Dehghani (عرفان دهقانی)

3×3 · top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023DEHG02

Erfan Dehghani (عرفان دهقانی) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.87, set at Iran Golden Cuber 2025, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Iran. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 360 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.55 in July 2023 to 5.87, a 22% improvement. Erfan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.41% of 284,439 all-time
5.87
signature single · Iran Golden Cuber 2025
360
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×35.877.45
top 0.41%1 / 1,569
3×3 one-handed10.3512.60
top 1.3%1 / 298
4×428.4032.03
top 2.0%3 / 295
2×21.682.37
top 3.0%15 / 856
Pyraminx3.163.90
top 4.2%25 / 500
5×51:07.991:15.74
top 10.3%10 / 140

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

Kerman Summer 2023: 7.55Hooshinoo Summer 2023: 7.12Chekaad Autumn 2023: 6.81Mashhad Winter 2024: 6.66Semums Cubing 2024: 6.56Hooshinoo Open 2024: 6.04Fardis Cubing 2024: 6.60Yalda Cubing 2024: 7.02Iran Golden Cuber 2025: 5.875.877.5512 Jul 202328 Feb 2025

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.