People · Nigeria
Eyimofe Nathan Ope-Faniran
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024OPEF01
Eyimofe Nathan Ope-Faniran has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Nigeria. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2024, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.85 in November 2024 to 9.16, a 16% improvement. Eyimofe has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.16 | 11.00 | top 5.2% | 9 / 300 | |
| 4×4 | 43.32 | 50.34 | top 16.2% | 13 / 57 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.18 | 1:58.98 | top 23.4% | 7 / 22 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 5.06 | top 30.7% | 26 / 101 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026.
- 4 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026.
- 30 Nov 2024First competition: Abuja Open 2024. A 10.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Abuja Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
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.
- Giorgos Sofroniou — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Owen Alexander Bashforth — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Maxwell Davies — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.