People · Canada
Kabir Johal
Pyraminx · top 1.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016JOHA01
Kabir Johal has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Canada. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,478 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.15 in May 2016 to 8.24, a 55% improvement. Kabir has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.93 | 2.98 | top 1.0% | 36 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 3.47 | top 1.8% | 111 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.22 | top 3.2% | 318 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 3.75 | 6.74 | top 9.2% | 194 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 37.97 | 41.00 | top 9.8% | 229 / 3,118 | |
| Square-1 | 13.30 | 18.36 | top 12.5% | 100 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.21 | 20.95 | top 15.6% | 333 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.34 | 1:23.77 | top 19.4% | 232 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.76 | 1:34.97 | top 23.0% | 206 / 1,375 | |
| Clock | 10.09 | 13.28 | top 25.5% | 228 / 1,029 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 37.33 | top 30.0% | 94 / 283 | |
| 7×7 | 4:05.48 | 4:36.00 | top 32.8% | 134 / 503 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.94 | 2:56.12 | top 36.1% | 185 / 665 |
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
- 13 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 21 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton Summer Twist 2022.
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 24 Aug 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.42 at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
- 24 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
- 29 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Scrambler's Nightmare 2018.
Competitions
- Southern Alberta Cubing 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Solved Central Alberta 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Side Events 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Foothills NxNs 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Day in Sylvan 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- April Fools Alberta 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- I Hope It's Solved Calgary 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Canada 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Side Events 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- South Surrey Side Events 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2019 · 28 Sep 2019
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Foothills Final Fight 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton New Year 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Battle for Foothills Limited 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Scrambler's Nightmare 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Foothills Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2017 · 15 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Calgary Limited Fall 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016
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.
- Ryan Yasinko — met in 262 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- James Deibert — met in 244 rounds, finished ahead 103 times
- Alex Mutch — met in 235 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.