People · Morocco
Fariss Safouan Essalmi
2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024ESSA02
Fariss Safouan Essalmi has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Moroccan Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Morocco. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 351 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.15 in August 2024 to 13.65, a 48% improvement. Fariss has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.66 | 3.76 | top 2.9% | 3 / 120 | |
| Skewb | 2.70 | 7.55 | top 3.6% | 2 / 26 | |
| 3×3 | 13.65 | 15.56 | top 19.7% | 30 / 206 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.22 | 8.51 | top 21.6% | 14 / 90 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.24 | 1:13.88 | top 42.0% | 14 / 61 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.26 | 45.50 | top 51.7% | 23 / 59 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.48 | 2:17.82 | top 53.5% | 8 / 21 | |
| 5×5 | 2:43.33 | 3:47.71 | top 71.9% | 11 / 15 | |
| Clock | 23.48 | 28.84 | top 73.5% | 3 / 5 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Agadir Open 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at EBC Open 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Marrakech Open 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.47 at Moroccan Championship 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Moroccan Championship 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at EBC Open 2025.
Competitions
- El Jadida Open 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- INPT Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agadir Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Marrakech Open 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Moroccan Championship 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- INPT Olympiads 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Moroccan Nationals 2024 · 3 Aug 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.
- Lilya Lagzouli — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 7 times · head to head
- Youssef Taleb Benjelloun — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 11 times · head to head
- Mohammed Reda Chaddad — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 37 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.