People · United States
Isa Zain Ali
3×3 · top 53.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024ALII01
Isa Zain Ali has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.37, set at Santa Barbara Winter 2025, puts him in the top 53.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31,298th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2024, he has put 13 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.08 in November 2024 to 25.37, a 23% improvement. Isa has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 25.37 | 32.17 | top 53.4% | 31,298 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 20.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,697 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,999 / 7,841 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.37 at Santa Barbara Winter 2025.
- 23 Nov 2024First competition: UCSD Fall 2024. A 33.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Barbara Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 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 his.
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- AJ Pajevski — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shane Grogan — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-20 Clock single — 20,707 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.