People · Kenya
Imani Ritho
2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024RITH02
Imani Ritho has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Nairobi NxN Cubes 2025, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Kenya. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2024, she has put 213 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 2×2 best has come down from 4.92 in October 2024 to 1.99, a 60% improvement. Imani has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.99 | 3.10 | top 4.7% | 4 / 217 | |
| 3×3 | 12.03 | 13.18 | top 14.0% | 24 / 356 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 10.87 | top 24.6% | 19 / 148 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.21 | 51.94 | top 69.6% | 24 / 47 |
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
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.83 at Mombasa Open 2024.
- 7 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Mombasa Open 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024First competition: Mashujaa Mega Open 2024. A 17.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nairobi Twist & Turn 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nairobi Big and OH 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nairobi Cubes 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Kenya Nationals 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Nairobi NxN Cubes 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kenya Legacy Twist 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gigiri Cubing Open PM 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Kenya Nationals 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mombasa Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mashujaa Mega Open 2024 · 19 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 her.
- Eman Kabiru — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kelvin Githiari Waturi — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Prince Emmanuel — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as she improves.