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Md Faraaz
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025FARA03
Md Faraaz has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Patna Cube Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 169 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.58 in April 2025 to 9.93, a 21% improvement. Md has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 11.72 | top 7.3% | 807 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.83 | 18.02 | top 7.9% | 256 / 4,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.61 | 4.51 | top 21.6% | 1,878 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.53 | 1:09.64 | top 37.1% | 1,197 / 4,220 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.57 | 2:18.80 | top 47.9% | 559 / 1,458 | |
| Skewb | 11.62 | 17.61 | top 64.1% | 1,895 / 3,548 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.57 | 20.50 | top 64.5% | 4,508 / 8,971 | |
| Square-1 | 48.93 | 1:11.05 | top 75.2% | 544 / 813 |
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 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Patna Cube Challenge 2026.
- 15 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Patna Cube Challenge 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Bangalore Mini Oct B 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: Patna Cube Challenge 2025. A 12.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Patna Cube Challenge 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Bangalore Mini Oct B 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Big N Sides at Bangalore 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Noida Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Patna Cube Challenge 2025 · 26 Apr 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.
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaarnik Jain — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sparsh Pathak (स्पर्श पाठक) — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.