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Farhan Ahmed Shariff
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SHAR51
Farhan Ahmed Shariff has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at Bangalore Cube Fest D 2024, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,081st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 109 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.05 in May 2023 to 10.61, a 30% improvement. Farhan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 14.26 | top 9.3% | 5,081 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 4.71 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.43 | 26.83 | top 32.7% | 4,267 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.16 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,795 / 19,072 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.36 at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 10 Dec 2022First competition: Texarkana Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Bangalore Cube Fest D 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Texarkana Winter 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Fletcher Berry — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Pilat — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Wanger II — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.