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Erfan Taghizadeh (عرفان تقی زاده)

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018TAGH01

Erfan Taghizadeh (عرفان تقی زاده) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Tehran Summer 2019, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Iran. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2018, he has put 55 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.78 in September 2018 to 7.38, a 37% improvement. Erfan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.38
signature single · Tehran Summer 2019
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×37.389.98
top 1.8%25 / 1,569
3×3 one-handed19.2521.87
top 18.5%61 / 298

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

Icy Summer 2018: 11.78Iran Academy 2018: 9.28Tehran Summer 2019: 7.38Chekaad Summer 2019: 8.747.3811.786 Sep 201813 Sep 2019

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.