People · Egypt
Mouaaz Sherif Salman
3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SALM04
Mouaaz Sherif Salman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at Egypt Fall 2024, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Egypt. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 195 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.34 in September 2022 to 8.12, a 67% improvement. Mouaaz 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 | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.12 | 10.49 | top 3.0% | 4 / 509 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.33 | top 8.3% | 18 / 346 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.37 | top 8.5% | 5 / 207 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.32 | 22.07 | top 11.0% | 5 / 96 | |
| 4×4 | 40.55 | 44.43 | top 12.7% | 11 / 130 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 6.97 | top 23.2% | 8 / 77 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15 / 39 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.77 | 2:43.81 | top 65.5% | 18 / 50 | |
| 6×6 | 4:26.31 | 4:56.86 | early days — 3 solves | 8 / 16 | |
| Square-1 | 1:25.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 24 / 27 |
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
- 31 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Egypt National 2026.
- 9 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.12 at Egypt Fall 2024.
- 9 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Egypt Fall 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 12.38 at Egypt Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.38 at Egypt Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Egypt Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Egypt National 2026 · 31 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Egypt Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Egypt Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Egypt 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
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.
- Nour Marwan Mostafa — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Adam Shalaby — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Mahmoud Ahmed Abdelsalam — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.