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Mohammed Arif
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011ARIF04
Mohammed Arif has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.75, set at Vasavi Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in India. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2011, he has put 535 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.69 in October 2011 to 6.75, an 89% improvement. Mohammed has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 6.75 | 9.44 | top 1.1% | 99 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.77 | 16.95 | top 4.1% | 120 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.92 | 3.96 | top 13.3% | 1,099 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 43.60 | 55.88 | top 16.5% | 457 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 5.39 | 7.65 | top 21.1% | 588 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.05 | 12.84 | top 36.6% | 2,323 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 357 / 600 | |
| 5×5 | 5:49.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,460 / 1,525 |
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
- 24 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022.
- 13 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at City Centre Sharjah Open 2019.
- 19 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Sharjah Open 2019.
- 19 Apr 2019Seven personal bests in one day at Sharjah Open 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.53 at Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018.
Competitions
- Ashoka One Mall Sun Open 2025 · 29 Jun 2025
- DC Open Feb Hyderabad Sunday 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DC Open July Hyderabad Saturday 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Vasavi Cube Open 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DC Winter Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ankuram Open Saturday 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DC Open April Sunday 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- City Centre Sharjah Open 2019 · 13 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sharjah Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2016 · 13 May 2016
- Tathva Cube Open 2013 · 19 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2012 · 26 Feb 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011 · 1 Oct 2011
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.
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Akula Pavan Kumar — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.