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Muhammad Zaim Irfan Bin Zakaria

2×2 · top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018ZAKA03

Muhammad Zaim Irfan Bin Zakaria has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 221st in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2018, he has put 132 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 12.61 in November 2018 to 6.43, a 49% improvement. Muhammad has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.49
signature single · Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019
132
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
2×22.495.77
top 8.8%221 / 2,541
Skewb5.0112.21
top 18.2%211 / 1,053
Pyraminx6.439.06
top 23.3%464 / 1,723
3×319.3223.43
top 38.0%1,944 / 3,773
4×41:53.03
early days — 3 solves1,064 / 1,219

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

Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 12.61Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 7.61Beaconhouse Malaysia Cube Open 2019: 12.99Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 6.74Pahang Cube Open 2019: 6.43Selangor Cube Open 2019: 6.556.4312.9923 Nov 201827 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.