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Georges Ataya

3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018ATAY02

Georges Ataya has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.91, set at Seraing Open 2021, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,963rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2018, he has put 186 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.67 in February 2018 to 9.91, a 54% improvement. Georges has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.91
signature single · Seraing Open 2021
186
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.9111.85
top 7.2%3,963 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.5231.77
top 21.9%2,823 / 15,683
2×24.745.42
top 36.0%14,380 / 40,951

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

Puget Sound Valentine 2018: 21.67Elsass Open 2018: 17.74Breda Open 2018: 12.52Maryland 2018: 14.55Belgian Summer 2018: 15.30Paris Open 2018: 13.92Zonhoven Autumn Open 2018: 13.49Meppel Open 2018: 13.49Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 15.01Seraing Open 2021: 9.91Koersel Sunday Open 2023: 11.239.9121.6717 Feb 20187 May 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.