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Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی)

3×3 one-handed · top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011KARI03

Mohammad Reza Karimi (محمد رضا کریمی) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.38, set at Chekaad Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Iran. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since September 2011, he has put 992 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.59 in September 2011 to 1.38, an 84% improvement. Mohammad has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 1.3% of 73,695 all-time
10.38
signature single · Chekaad Autumn 2023
992
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×3 one-handed10.3813.67
top 1.3%2 / 298
2×21.381.91
top 1.6%4 / 856
3×38.2710.12
top 3.3%43 / 1,569
Pyraminx8.599.78
top 41.3%175 / 500

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 Open 2011: 8.59Iran Rubikup 2012: 3.45Iran Open 2012: 2.72Iran Summer Cube 2013: 1.88Iran Open 2013: 1.84Iran Autumn Cube 2013: 1.56CubeComp I Iran 2014: 1.96Summer with Cubers 2014: 1.75Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 1.38Parax Cubecomp 2015: 1.97IranPuzzle Cube Challenge 2015: 1.88Iran Open 2016: 2.14Iran Grand Prix 2016: 1.46Iran Nationals 2016: 1.47Iran Open 2017: 1.77Chekaad Summer 2017: 2.07Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 1.84Aftab Cubing Days 2018: 2.08Chekaad Summer 2018: 1.71Icy Summer 2018: 1.75Iran Academy 2018: 1.56Alborz Green Cup 2019: 1.81Sina International 2019: 1.69Tehran Summer 2019: 1.83Welcome Back Iran 2022: 1.68ViraCup 2023: 1.92Kerman Summer 2023: 1.94Hooshinoo Summer 2023: 1.44Chekaad Autumn 2023: 1.89Mashhad Winter 2024: 1.80Semums Cubing 2024: 1.59Fardis Cubing 2024: 1.65Yalda Cubing 2024: 1.781.388.591 Sep 201120 Dec 2024

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-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.