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Hamzah Bayat

2×2 · top 54.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BAYA03

Hamzah Bayat has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.38, set at Gauteng Summer 2019, puts him in the top 54.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 617th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since November 2015, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:14.69 in November 2015 to 32.46, a 57% improvement. Hamzah has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 54.8% of 186,767 all-time
6.38
signature single · Gauteng Summer 2019
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×26.389.22
top 54.8%617 / 1,510
3×332.4634.97
top 66.7%1,145 / 2,164

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

Johannesburg Open 2015: 1:14.69Johannesburg 2016: 36.75Gauteng Summer 2019: 32.4632.461:14.6929 Nov 20155 Jan 2019

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.