People · Iran
Iliya Foroughi (ایلیا فروغی)
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019FROU01
Iliya Foroughi (ایلیا فروغی) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Hooshinoo Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Iran. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2019, he has put 288 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.81 in March 2019 to 1.56, an 86% improvement. Iliya has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Iran | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.66 | 11.28 | top 2.2% | 32 / 1,569 | |
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 2.00 | top 2.4% | 12 / 856 | |
| Skewb | 2.63 | 4.82 | top 3.4% | 7 / 152 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.91 | 7.38 | top 12.6% | 61 / 500 | |
| 4×4 | 42.46 | 48.07 | top 15.0% | 43 / 295 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 45.67 | top 30.0% | 13 / 55 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.63 | 25.88 | top 30.5% | 104 / 298 | |
| Clock | 14.55 | 16.09 | top 46.1% | 22 / 51 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 26 / 30 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.66 at Hooshinoo Open 2024.
- 19 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hooshinoo Open 2024.
- 18 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Semums Cubing 2024.
- 1 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Hooshinoo Autumn 2023.
- 2 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at ViraCup 2023.
- 18 Feb 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.05 at Welcome Back Iran 2022.
Competitions
- Hooshinoo Quiet Day 2024 · 6 Dec 2024
- Hooshinoo Open 2024 · 19 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Semums Cubing 2024 · 18 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hooshinoo Autumn 2023 · 1 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Chekaad Autumn 2023 · 2 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hooshinoo Summer 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kerman Summer 2023 · 12 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- ViraCup 2023 · 2 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Iran 2022 · 18 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kite Autumn 2019 · 29 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chekaad Summer 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tehran Summer 2019 · 12 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Alborz Green Cup 2019 · 7 Mar 2019
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.
- Farid Fakhrian (فرید فخریان) — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ilia Rashidi (ایلیا رشیدی) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Arian Geravandi (آرین گراوندی) — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.