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Faheem Arif

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ARIF04

Faheem Arif has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Nipomo Spring 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 121st in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2017, he has put 372 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.73 in October 2017 to 9.19, a 61% improvement. Faheem has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.39
signature single · Nipomo Spring 2018
372
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.393.39
top 1.7%121 / 12,146
3×39.1910.54
top 5.3%564 / 20,018
Megaminx1:17.241:34.17
top 20.1%189 / 1,443
Skewb5.286.33
top 20.3%571 / 3,524
4×448.6553.35
top 23.0%677 / 4,186
5×51:27.651:47.99
top 25.4%292 / 1,525
3×3 one-handed25.2428.77
top 34.8%1,263 / 4,516
Square-123.4734.95
top 35.8%240 / 805
6×63:21.334:15.76
top 51.2%234 / 531
Clock19.3520.82
top 62.8%556 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded5:10.16
early days — 2 solves438 / 598
7×79:59.75
early days — 1 solve348 / 360

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

Sunmarke Dubai Open II 2017: 23.73Wellspring Open 2017: 14.77Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018: 11.69Nipomo Spring 2018: 12.06The Choice Cube Open 2018: 11.14Cochin Monsoon Open 2018: 11.45Bursa Winter 2019: 10.93Cult A Way Cube Open 2019: 9.90Sharjah Open 2019: 9.29KES Cube Open 2019: 9.199.1923.7321 Oct 201722 Dec 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.