People · Ethiopia
Moses Tibeb Firew
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023PHIL17
Moses Tibeb Firew has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.50, set at Calgary Summer B 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Ethiopia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2023, he has put 218 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in August 2023 to 8.50, a 42% improvement. Moses has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ethiopia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.49 | top 3.7% | 1 / 9 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 7.00 | top 6.2% | 1 / 6 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 4.26 | top 6.5% | 1 / 8 | |
| 4×4 | 51.91 | 1:11.64 | top 27.1% | 1 / 4 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.07 | 1:54.93 | top 32.7% | 1 / 3 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.17 | 30.95 | top 37.3% | 1 / 4 | |
| Square-1 | 31.58 | 38.04 | top 52.4% | 1 / 1 | |
| 5×5 | 2:51.60 | 3:20.01 | top 75.2% | 2 / 2 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Battle of Alberta 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First competition: Odd Day in Sylvan 2023. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Summer B 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- No Peeking Calgary 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Calgary Side Events 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Alberta 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Day in Sylvan 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
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.
- Danny Buschert — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Griffin Clem — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Basanov — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.