People · Sri Lanka
Jamaal Burah
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BURA01
Jamaal Burah has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Stevenage Spring 2022, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Sri Lanka. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2017, he has put 378 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.79 in November 2017 to 9.78, a 38% improvement. Jamaal has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 3.60 | top 6.8% | 21 / 431 | |
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 12.75 | top 6.9% | 23 / 590 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.42 | top 8.9% | 24 / 348 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.27 | 21.90 | top 18.6% | 17 / 186 | |
| 4×4 | 49.27 | 56.13 | top 23.8% | 27 / 209 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.14 | 1:46.29 | top 27.0% | 10 / 68 | |
| Square-1 | 20.70 | 25.92 | top 29.5% | 7 / 34 | |
| Skewb | 6.83 | 9.86 | top 32.3% | 36 / 141 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.64 | — | top 58.6% | 34 / 88 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 44.67 | early days — 3 solves | 19 / 37 |
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
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 30 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.28 at GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018.
- 27 Oct 2018Six personal bests in one day at GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018.
- 18 Nov 2017First competition: Bahrain Open 2017. A 19.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Guildford Autumn 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- Kewbz UK Championship FMC 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- West London Open 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bahrain Spring Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
- GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Bahrain Open 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jake Brown — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Stokes — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billie Hammill — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.