People · New Zealand
Khalid Ahmed
4×4 · top 2.6% of 85,040 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021AHME01
Khalid Ahmed has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 29.54, set at A New Year in Hamilton 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in New Zealand. Until April 2012, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2021, he has put 432 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.30 in January 2021 to 8.35, a 42% improvement. Khalid 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 29.54 | 36.83 | top 2.6% | 33 / 745 | |
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 10.15 | top 3.5% | 103 / 2,145 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 5.32 | top 3.7% | 68 / 1,149 | |
| Skewb | 4.84 | 10.65 | top 17.0% | 136 / 670 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 4.27 | top 17.1% | 320 / 1,627 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.79 | 1:35.69 | top 28.9% | 107 / 364 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.40 | 31.97 | top 29.9% | 160 / 607 |
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
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Tauranga Open 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at A New Year in Hamilton 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022.
- 21 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022.
- 8 Jan 2021First competition: A New Year in Auckland 2021. A 14.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NZ North Island Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tauranga Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021
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.
- Ashley Foster — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Xavier Courteau-Laing — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 4.54 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.