People · Morocco
Mohamed El Otmani
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025OTMA01
Mohamed El Otmani has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at EBC Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Morocco. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2025, he has put 128 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. Mohamed 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 | Morocco | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 10.96 | top 3.6% | 5 / 206 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.96 | 21.93 | top 15.0% | 4 / 59 | |
| 4×4 | 52.75 | 1:01.74 | top 28.1% | 7 / 61 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.12 | 2:14.95 | top 49.3% | 5 / 15 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.66 | 16.52 | top 50.3% | 42 / 90 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: EBC Open 2025. A 11.35 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.45 at EBC Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at EBC Open 2025.
Competitions
- INPT Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- EBC Open 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Moroccan Championship 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- EBC Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Lilya Lagzouli — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Youssef Taleb Benjelloun — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Fariss Safouan Essalmi — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.