People · Australia
Ifrahim Cheema
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025CHEE04
Ifrahim Cheema has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Belgrave Open 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2025, he has put 156 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.88 in July 2025 to 16.46, a 72% improvement. Ifrahim has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.96 | top 7.7% | 586 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 16.46 | 19.51 | top 29.4% | 2,792 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.50 | 10.59 | top 40.6% | 2,247 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.63 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,903 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 25.32 | 42.21 | top 95.1% | 3,451 / 3,589 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Belgrave Open 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.57 at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.98 at Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025First competition: Spark Melbourne July 2025. A 58.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Belgrave Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best 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 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
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.
- Ibrahim Cheema — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Wakelin — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.