People · United Kingdom
Hugo Rafiq
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024RAFI02
Hugo Rafiq has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Stevenage July 2025, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 582nd in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2024, he has put 258 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.53 in October 2024 to 10.19, a 50% improvement. Hugo has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 14.74 | top 8.0% | 582 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.92 | top 9.6% | 631 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 7.48 | top 15.5% | 593 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 8.11 | 13.21 | top 15.7% | 226 / 1,232 | |
| Skewb | 6.80 | 9.05 | top 32.1% | 760 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.82 | 42.14 | top 53.0% | 935 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.85 | — | top 70.5% | 1,566 / 2,071 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.00 at Stevenage June 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 15.60 at Stevenage December 2024.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage December 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024First competition: Stevenage October 2024. A 20.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026
- FMC for Cancer Reigate 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Stevenage January 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 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.
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Clarke — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Max Barrow-Williams — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.