People · India
Mohamed Aarif
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023AARI02
Mohamed Aarif has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.58, set at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 396th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2023, he has put 503 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.43 in July 2023 to 8.58, a 36% improvement. Mohamed has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.58 | 10.49 | top 3.9% | 396 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.31 | top 6.0% | 470 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 6.86 | top 7.7% | 444 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.12 | 22.36 | top 10.6% | 344 / 4,534 | |
| Clock | 10.27 | 11.23 | top 26.3% | 229 / 1,109 | |
| 4×4 | 52.06 | 56.11 | top 27.3% | 829 / 4,220 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.88 | 2:16.98 | top 53.1% | 693 / 1,537 | |
| Skewb | 9.91 | 12.45 | top 54.5% | 1,573 / 3,548 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.47 | 2:33.04 | top 59.2% | 700 / 1,458 | |
| Square-1 | 39.25 | 1:08.56 | top 64.4% | 467 / 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
- 12 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at HiLITE Cube Open 2026.
- 31 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Amrita Cube Open 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at mcubes Alleppey Open 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023First competition: mcubes Cube Open 2023. A 14.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- HiLITE Cube Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- MoT Cube Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025 · 21 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sanskara Cube Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Amrita Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NxNs at Finprov 2025 · 16 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Trivandrum Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- mcubes Alleppey Open 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- mcubes Cube Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Ritesh R Nair — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Smijo P. Abraham (സ്മിജോ പി എബ്രഹാം) — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Muhammad Rayyan — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.