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Ismail Gani

2×2 · top 40.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015GANI02

Ismail Gani has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.11, set at Johannesburg Open 2016, puts him in the top 40.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 440th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since March 2015, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.75 in March 2015 to 5.11, a 57% improvement. Ismail has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 40.8% of 189,179 all-time
5.11
signature single · Johannesburg Open 2016
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×25.118.67
top 40.8%440 / 1,525
Pyraminx12.6116.10
top 70.8%619 / 958
3×338.4441.16
top 75.1%1,389 / 2,187
Skewb22.7729.18
top 93.0%393 / 444

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

Tuks Open 2015: 11.75Johannesburg Open 2016: 5.115.1111.7528 Mar 201519 Jun 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 87,967 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.