People · United States
Manar Karkour
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KARK01
Manar Karkour has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.35, set at Ocean State Cubikon 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,180th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2025, he has put 46 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.93 in May 2025 to 9.35, a 28% improvement. Manar has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.35 | 11.87 | top 5.7% | 3,180 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.30 | 7.27 | top 43.0% | 17,336 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.28 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,105 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.57 | 1:41.00 | top 60.3% | 10,477 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.57 | 20.07 | top 83.8% | 24,728 / 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
- 28 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Ocean State Cubikon 2025.
- 28 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ocean State Cubikon 2025.
- 3 May 2025First competition: WPI Spring 2025. A 19.08 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.93 at WPI Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Ocean State Cubikon 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights IV 2025 · 28 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2025 · 16 Jun 2025
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Syed Mekaeel Ghani — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jonah Mathew — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.