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Numair Malik

2×2 · top 1.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2020 · 2020MALI02

Numair Malik has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at UC Canterbury Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2020, he has put 1,359 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in October 2020 to 8.74, a 62% improvement. Numair has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 189,179 all-time
1.37
signature single · UC Canterbury Open 2026
1,359
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.372.77
top 1.6%60 / 1,627
Clock4.264.92
top 2.8%24 / 319
Pyraminx2.965.33
top 3.5%67 / 1,149
3×38.7410.76
top 4.3%113 / 2,145
Square-110.2916.56
top 6.6%27 / 254
3×3 one-handed14.9020.81
top 8.0%58 / 607
Megaminx58.161:09.80
top 9.1%38 / 284
4×438.2843.84
top 10.2%89 / 745
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves30.33
top 12.2%21 / 111
Skewb4.346.14
top 13.3%104 / 670
3×3 blindfolded1:20.16—
top 19.7%29 / 86
5×51:23.271:26.28
top 21.9%90 / 364
6×62:36.153:02.17
top 28.8%59 / 150
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 44:40—
early days — 2 solves20 / 49
7×74:29.214:36.32
top 40.9%64 / 126
4×4 blindfolded10:33.00—
top 60.4%15 / 23
5×5 blindfolded27:16.00—
early days — 2 solves11 / 11

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

Welcome Back Wellington 2020: 22.88Wellington Mind Games 2021: 20.90Palmerston North 2021: 16.24Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 12.45Opawa Open 2022: 10.99Lyttelton Spring 2022: 10.90Cashmere Open 2023: 10.48NZ South Island Championship 2023: 10.36Lyttelton Spring 2023: 10.80Lyttelton Summer 2024: 10.10Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 10.26Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024: 10.24Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 11.02Oamaru Open 2024: 10.03Keep Christchurch Quirky 2024: 10.03New Zealand Nationals 2024: 10.60Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 9.27Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 8.74Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 9.20Christchurch Winter 2026: 10.23UC Canterbury Open 2026: 8.938.7422.8824 Oct 202026 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.