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Muhammad Ariff bin Mohammad Salemi
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016SALE02
Muhammad Ariff bin Mohammad Salemi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Singapore Championship 2023, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in Singapore. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2016, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.71 in February 2016 to 9.98, a 54% improvement. Muhammad has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.98 | 12.86 | top 7.4% | 197 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.10 | 28.71 | top 20.7% | 154 / 460 |
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
- 17 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Singapore Championship 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.92 at NTU Welcome 2023.
- 24 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.28 at Singapore Cube Championship 2018.
- 20 Feb 2016First competition: Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016. A 21.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cool Down Singapore 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Singapore Mini 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Singapore Championship 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NTU Welcome 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
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.
- Troy Tan Hong Kai — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tee Kai Yang — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.