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Naïm Chaara

2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CHAA01

Naïm Chaara has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Breda Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 77th in Belgium. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2017, he has put 171 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.05 in May 2017 to 10.97, a 54% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.42
signature single · Breda Open 2018
171
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×22.424.93
top 8.1%77 / 777
3×310.9712.95
top 10.4%131 / 1,094
Skewb4.016.13
top 11.0%43 / 394
Pyraminx4.708.57
top 11.4%82 / 589
4×450.4755.91
top 25.3%116 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves
early days — 1 solve26 / 69
Megaminx2:02.352:09.16
top 47.0%94 / 197
3×3 one-handed32.8734.68
top 53.1%157 / 314
Square-136.001:00.06
top 59.9%81 / 150
5×52:21.43
top 61.7%141 / 246

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

Belgium Summer Open 2017: 24.05Belgian Open 2017: 12.78Zonhoven Open 2018: 10.97Breda Open 2018: 13.7910.9724.0520 May 201719 May 2018

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.