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Muhammad Hafizuddin Akhtar Bin Mohd Zainal Abidin

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017ABID02

Muhammad Hafizuddin Akhtar Bin Mohd Zainal Abidin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.49, set at UTM Speedcubing Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 87th in Malaysia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2017, he has put 909 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in August 2017 to 7.49, a 52% improvement. Muhammad has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.49
signature single · UTM Speedcubing Open 2023
909
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×37.499.11
top 2.0%87 / 3,773
4×430.6037.64
top 3.2%47 / 1,219
Square-18.3810.67
top 3.6%13 / 364
3×3 one-handed12.5015.06
top 3.7%50 / 1,327
2×22.173.72
top 6.0%143 / 2,541
Pyraminx3.636.90
top 6.0%106 / 1,723
Skewb3.556.27
top 8.0%87 / 1,053
5×51:10.951:19.78
top 12.3%103 / 617
Megaminx1:10.691:19.43
top 16.0%127 / 518
6×62:53.393:09.12
top 37.7%120 / 232
Clock12.7014.21
top 38.3%173 / 406
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 2 solves65 / 112
7×74:59.895:14.35
top 50.6%128 / 188

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

MYCA Cube Day 2017: 15.66Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 12.49Malaysian Cube Championship 2017: 11.24Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 11.62Forest City Johor Open 2018: 11.05Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 10.81STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019: 8.99Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 10.69Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 10.22Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 7.99Selangor Cube Open 2019: 9.58YJ Malaysia Cube Open 2022: 8.78Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 7.71UTM Speedcubing Open 2023: 7.49Penang Cube Masters 2023: 8.22UTP Cube Open 2024: 7.527.4915.6626 Aug 20177 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.