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Karim Al Shurafa (Карім Аль Шурафа)

3×3 · top 58.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SHUR04

Karim Al Shurafa (Карім Аль Шурафа) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.83, set at Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019, puts him in the top 58.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,553rd in Ukraine. Across 2 competitions since August 2018, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. Karim has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 58.5% of 284,439 all-time
27.83
signature single · Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×327.8340.91
top 58.5%1,553 / 2,868
2×27.319.26
top 62.9%1,155 / 1,894
Pyraminx14.3715.76
top 79.4%1,238 / 1,471

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

Kharkiv Open 2018: 7.58Dnepr Puzzles Fest 2019: 7.317.317.5811 Aug 201819 Oct 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.