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Maikel Gafaji

3×3 · top 47.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GAFA01

Maikel Gafaji has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.63, set at Dutch Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 47.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Iraq. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, he has put 14 official solves on the record across three events. Maikel has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 47.0% of 284,439 all-time
22.63
signature single · Dutch Nationals 2023
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIraq
3×322.6326.63
top 47.0%13 / 24
3×3 one-handed1:19.75
early days — 2 solves4 / 4
Pyraminx34.90
early days — 2 solves17 / 17

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

Dutch Nationals 2023: 22.63Bigger in Breda 2024: 23.8122.6323.8125 Nov 20234 May 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 19.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.