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Liam Islam
3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025ISLA07
Liam Islam has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.96, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,372nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.53 in October 2025 to 11.96, a 47% improvement. Liam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.96 | 14.18 | top 13.8% | 7,372 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 6.06 | top 29.3% | 11,633 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.15 | 15.95 | top 61.6% | 18,109 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.28 | 47.74 | top 68.4% | 9,798 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 17.98 | 26.09 | top 86.1% | 16,574 / 18,907 |
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
- 15 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 11.96 at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 15 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 11.96 at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025First competition: Mission Viejo Fall 2025. A 22.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
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.
- Vansh Garg — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Liv Coverdale — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Shai Aschkenasy — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.