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Mehdi Ghale Ghovand (مهدی قلعه قوند)

2×2 · top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014GHOV01

Mehdi Ghale Ghovand (مهدی قلعه قوند) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.00, set at Iran Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in Iran. Across 6 competitions since August 2014, he has put 106 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.52 in August 2014 to 3.00, a 46% improvement. Mehdi has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.00
signature single · Iran Nationals 2016
106
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
2×23.004.84
top 14.2%99 / 856
3×315.9418.58
top 27.6%378 / 1,569
4×41:10.031:21.47
top 46.9%136 / 295

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

Summer with Cubers 2014: 5.52Parax Cubecomp 2015: 3.50Iran Open 2016: 4.45Iran Grand Prix 2016: 3.20Iran Nationals 2016: 3.00Iran Open 2017: 3.843.005.5214 Aug 201416 Feb 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.