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Issam Imad El Halabi

3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019HALA01

Issam Imad El Halabi has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.09, set at Ramli Mall Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Lebanon. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2019, he has put 115 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.35 in March 2019 to 8.09, a 34% improvement. Issam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time
8.09
signature single · Ramli Mall Open 2019
115
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingLebanon
3×38.099.83
top 2.9%4 / 74
5×51:13.301:22.48
top 14.0%2 / 11
3×3 one-handed18.6324.28
top 16.8%4 / 24
3×3 blindfolded1:12.211:27.48
top 16.9%2 / 5
4×445.0547.43
top 18.4%6 / 22
2×23.524.12
top 20.5%11 / 54
Square-11:07.951:15.14
top 88.1%3 / 5
Pyraminx19.7722.74
top 92.6%35 / 41

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

Bahrain Spring Open 2019: 12.35Ramli Mall Open 2019: 8.09American School of Bahrain 2023: 8.928.0912.3530 Mar 20196 May 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 13.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.