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Malek Ettaher

3×3 · top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ETTA01

Malek Ettaher has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.56, set at Washtenaw Spring 2024, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,441st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 60 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.59 in April 2023 to 13.56, a 45% improvement. Malek has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.4% of 284,439 all-time
13.56
signature single · Washtenaw Spring 2024
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.5615.32
top 19.4%10,441 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.5212.87
top 49.2%14,273 / 28,708
2×29.3311.71
top 75.1%31,107 / 40,951
Skewb14.8319.88
top 77.8%14,824 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed57.42
early days — 2 solves12,291 / 15,683

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

Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 24.59Michigan Mini 5 2023: 19.58Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023: 18.42Washtenaw Winter 2024: 16.22Washtenaw Spring 2024: 13.5613.5624.599 Apr 202314 Apr 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.

  • Doug Li — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • James Czak — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Braden Richards — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.