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Ishmam Mirza

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011MIRZ01

Ishmam Mirza has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 54 competitions since February 2011, he has put 1,847 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.25 in February 2011 to 6.95, an 89% improvement. Ishmam has entered 54 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019
1,847
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.233.26
top 1.1%474 / 40,951
3×36.959.06
top 1.3%777 / 59,724
4×430.1833.64
top 2.9%481 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.685.10
top 6.2%1,590 / 28,708
5×51:02.471:06.66
top 6.9%553 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed15.1418.94
top 8.4%1,115 / 15,683
6×61:53.321:57.15
top 8.4%295 / 4,196
Skewb3.748.37
top 9.2%1,412 / 18,907
7×72:56.813:05.80
top 9.7%261 / 3,184
Clock8.7110.00
top 18.5%1,416 / 8,927
Megaminx1:15.611:25.62
top 19.0%1,294 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves35.67
top 23.4%507 / 2,040

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

Washington DC Winter 2011: 1:05.25River Hill Spring 2011: 53.41River Hill Winter 2012: 17.09River Hill Summer 2012: 13.31Raleigh Open 2012: 14.97Jersey Shore Open 2012: 15.55Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 13.69River Hill Winter 2013: 11.44Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013: 14.41Raleigh Open 2013: 11.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.84Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 9.88Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 10.68River Hill Summer 2014: 10.79Virginia Open Fall 2014: 9.33Slow n Steady Fall 2014: 9.36River Hill Winter 2015: 8.69Johns Hopkins Winter 2015: 9.38Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015: 9.55US Nationals 2015: 9.30Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 8.16River Hill Fall 2015: 9.59Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 9.38Cube4Cam 2016: 9.00Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 6.95Rockville Winter 2017: 9.67Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 9.26NovaCube 2018: 8.80Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 10.35CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 9.58UMBC Fall 2024: 8.84East Berlin Favorites PA 2024: 10.24Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 8.51River Hill Fall 2024: 8.04Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 8.55Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 8.21PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 7.79Penn Cube Day Spring 2025: 8.96Front Royal Spring 2025: 7.79River Hill Spring 2025: 8.49UMBC Spring 2025: 9.11Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.69More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 8.31Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025: 9.15Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 9.67UMBC Fall 2025: 8.92River Hill Fall 2025: 7.88Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 8.57UMBC Winter 2026: 8.17TJHSST Winter 2026: 8.72Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 8.01Virginia Beach Spring 2026: 7.326.951:05.2519 Feb 20112 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.