People · Australia
Ibrahim Cheema
3×3 · top 6.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CHEE04
Ibrahim Cheema has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.54, set at Geelong Winter 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 575th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since October 2022, he has put 358 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.70 in October 2022 to 9.54, a 78% improvement. Ibrahim has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 10.86 | top 6.2% | 575 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.57 | top 8.3% | 632 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.87 | 7.65 | top 12.4% | 587 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 9.09 | 11.10 | top 20.3% | 243 / 1,159 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.68 | 1:20.38 | top 42.6% | 1,157 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.34 | 33.08 | top 42.8% | 1,008 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 8.22 | 12.62 | top 43.1% | 1,346 / 3,589 | |
| Megaminx | 3:04.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,053 / 1,313 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Geelong Winter 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2026.
- 9 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 24 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Just Sides in Lyndhurst 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.