People · United States
Malek Altaouil
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019ALTA06
Malek Altaouil has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at An Afternoon in Nyack 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2019, he has put 156 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.14 in May 2019 to 8.99, a 64% improvement. Malek has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 8.99 | 10.45 | top 4.8% | 2,701 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.73 | 4.53 | top 23.1% | 9,054 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.40 | 28.01 | top 24.3% | 3,129 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.72 | 1:11.21 | top 41.5% | 6,786 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.54 | 14.64 | top 64.2% | 18,961 / 28,708 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at NYU Winter 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.33 at Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023.
- 25 May 2019First competition: Brooklyn 2019. A 25.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019
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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Liong — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ian Liong — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.