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Hadi Arshad Shaikh

2×2 · top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019SHAI04

Hadi Arshad Shaikh has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.60, set at Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2019, he has put 134 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.17 in August 2019 to 2.60, a 50% improvement. Hadi has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.60
signature single · Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022
134
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.603.48
top 9.9%807 / 12,146
3×311.0714.52
top 10.7%1,227 / 20,018
Pyraminx6.009.72
top 20.0%1,197 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed27.7630.09
top 41.3%1,519 / 4,516

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

Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 5.17DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 3.53Oculus Cube Open 2020: 4.34Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 2.60Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024: 2.93Mumbai Cube Fiesta 2026: 2.71Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 4.182.605.1710 Aug 20199 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.