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Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی)

Skewb · top 0.62% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2012 · 2012GOLI02

Mehrzad Goli (مهرزاد گلی) has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Iran Grand Prix 2016, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Iran. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2012, he has put 724 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.23 in April 2012 to 1.47, a 72% improvement. Mehrzad has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.62% of 73,281 all-time
1.63
signature single · Iran Grand Prix 2016
724
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
Skewb1.634.13
top 0.62%1 / 152
2×21.472.25
top 2.0%10 / 856
Pyraminx2.504.23
top 2.2%11 / 500
3×39.5210.88
top 6.2%77 / 1,569
3×3 one-handed17.1220.56
top 12.9%41 / 298
3×3 blindfolded1:11.112:05.30
top 16.4%7 / 36
4×444.4950.49
top 17.6%51 / 295
Megaminx1:14.911:23.09
top 18.6%18 / 72
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve17 / 55
Clock14.1016.28
top 44.3%20 / 51
5×52:02.172:06.70
top 50.5%63 / 140
Square-11:30.66—
early days — 3 solves30 / 30

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

Iran Rubikup 2012: 5.23Iran Open 2012: 5.66CubeComp I Iran 2014: 2.56Summer with Cubers 2014: 2.05Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 2.27Parax Cubecomp 2015: 2.09IranPuzzle Cube Challenge 2015: 2.38Iran Open 2016: 1.74Iran Grand Prix 2016: 1.60Iran Nationals 2016: 2.09Iran Open 2017: 2.19Chekaad Summer 2017: 1.97Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 2.36Aftab Cubing Days 2018: 2.00Chekaad Summer 2018: 2.46Icy Summer 2018: 2.14Iran Academy 2018: 1.47Sina International 2019: 1.911.475.6619 Apr 201218 Apr 2019

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.