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Hussain Merza

2×2 · top 7.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MERZ01

Hussain Merza has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Kuwaiti Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Kuwait. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2022, he has put 665 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.33 in July 2022 to 10.67, a 66% improvement. Hussain has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.9% of 189,179 all-time
2.39
signature single · Kuwaiti Nationals 2025
665
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKuwait
2×22.394.29
top 7.9%9 / 145
Skewb3.536.79
top 8.0%3 / 59
3×310.6712.20
top 9.5%11 / 183
Pyraminx4.536.77
top 10.4%6 / 105
3×3 one-handed19.9622.94
top 20.4%5 / 52
5×51:23.511:32.36
top 22.1%2 / 25
4×448.2053.26
top 22.4%6 / 49
Megaminx1:25.141:30.04
top 25.1%3 / 34
6×62:43.272:58.07
top 32.6%1 / 15
3×3 blindfolded2:17.24—
top 39.1%5 / 11
Clock13.2214.58
top 40.6%6 / 34
7×74:32.174:59.01
top 41.8%1 / 9
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves50.33
top 48.5%4 / 11
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:58—
early days — 2 solves3 / 5
Square-154.351:05.75
top 79.8%9 / 12
4×4 blindfolded30:42.00—
early days — 1 solve2 / 3

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

Hello Q8Speedcubing 2022: 31.33Dubai Summer Open 2022: 25.93Dana Mall Bahrain Open 2022: 18.48Q8speedcubing in K.S.E 2023: 16.52American School of Bahrain 2023: 14.45Kuwaiti Nationals 2023: 11.88Hala February Kuwait 2024: 12.73Kuwaiti Nationals 2024: 11.47Hala February Kuwait 2025: 12.10SolveIt Bahrain 2025: 11.37Kuwaiti Nationals 2025: 10.67Hala February Kuwait 2026: 12.79SolveIt Bahrain 2026: 11.35Kuwait Nationals 2026: 11.0910.6731.338 Jul 20229 Oct 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.