People · Sri Lanka
Ghanem Hamed Zarook
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ZARO01
Ghanem Hamed Zarook has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.69, set at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Sri Lanka. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2025, he has put 84 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in January 2025 to 8.69, a 23% improvement. Ghanem has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.69 | 9.98 | top 4.2% | 11 / 590 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 7.23 | top 7.9% | 20 / 348 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.77 | top 8.7% | 28 / 431 | |
| 4×4 | 42.30 | 44.77 | top 14.9% | 12 / 209 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.78 | 23.85 | top 19.9% | 20 / 186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.76 | 1:55.89 | top 45.2% | 25 / 88 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.98 at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Dubai American Academy Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First competition: DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025. A 11.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
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.
- John Hermiel Catacutan — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.