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Nazrin Afzal bin Mohd Basir

2×2 · top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010BASI01

Nazrin Afzal bin Mohd Basir has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.28, set at USM Penang Cube 2017, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 165th in Malaysia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2010, he has put 509 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.27 in June 2010 to 10.25, a 74% improvement. Nazrin has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.28
signature single · USM Penang Cube 2017
509
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
2×22.284.77
top 6.9%165 / 2,541
Pyraminx3.889.46
top 7.1%134 / 1,723
3×310.2513.47
top 8.2%418 / 3,773
4×447.3352.61
top 21.2%340 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed22.8927.32
top 28.5%446 / 1,327
5×51:43.501:51.70
top 37.9%299 / 617
6×63:59.414:19.67
early days — 3 solves189 / 232
Square-147.121:03.26
top 73.3%290 / 364
3×3 blindfolded4:32.22
early days — 3 solves121 / 169

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

Johor Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 39.27Perak Rubik's Cube Open 2010: 31.75Malaysian Cube Open 2010: 27.44Petrosains Playsmart Math Carnival 2011: 22.93Malaysian Cube Open 2015: 14.19IsYou Cube Open 2016: 13.14Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2017: 13.51USM Penang Cube 2017: 13.61World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 11.82MYCA Cube Day 2017: 10.33Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 10.25USM Penang Cube 2018: 13.02Unikl MFI Open 2018: 13.04STEM Cube Open Kuala Lumpur 2019: 14.47USM Penang Cube 2019: 11.21UiTM Perak Speedcubing Challenge 2019: 14.38Malaysia 10th Anniversary Cube Open 2019: 14.96Sabah Cube Open 2019: 13.40Malaysia Cube Championship 2019: 11.72Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 16.7410.2539.275 Jun 201010 Mar 2023

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 0.28 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.