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Issa Diaou

3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017DIAO02

Issa Diaou has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.87, set at Vancouver Select 2018, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,593rd in Canada. Across 4 competitions since November 2017, he has put 60 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.30 in November 2017 to 12.87, a 37% improvement. Issa has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.87
signature single · Vancouver Select 2018
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×312.8715.06
top 17.0%1,593 / 10,392
2×24.025.01
top 26.7%1,815 / 7,173
Pyraminx8.6511.44
top 41.8%1,934 / 4,858
4×41:05.691:19.62
top 42.5%1,148 / 3,118
Skewb10.4911.79
top 58.0%1,611 / 2,907
Megaminx3:15.08
early days — 2 solves999 / 1,375

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

Whistler Open 2017: 20.30Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018: 16.15Vancouver Select 2018: 12.87Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019: 13.3612.8720.304 Nov 20174 May 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.