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Naima Axelrad

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019AXEL02

Naima Axelrad has been competing for 7 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at Three Attempts Chicago 2022, puts her in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,340th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2019, she has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.06 in December 2019 to 10.14, a 33% improvement. Naima has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.14
signature single · Three Attempts Chicago 2022
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1411.59
top 7.9%4,340 / 59,724
5×51:15.461:19.09
top 15.7%1,214 / 9,401
Pyraminx6.178.69
top 21.3%5,716 / 28,708
Square-131.4135.85
top 52.0%3,412 / 6,743
Clock20.9023.57
top 67.3%5,787 / 8,927

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

Wiscube 2019: 15.06Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 10.1410.1415.0621 Dec 201918 Jun 2022

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 her.

  • Isak Danke — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Will Cerne — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Peter Weyers — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 15.46 away.

Targets move as she improves.