People · United States
Omar Abou-Afach
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ABOU01
Omar Abou-Afach has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Penn Cube Day Spring 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,324th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2022, he has put 142 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.50 in August 2022 to 9.41, a 39% improvement. Omar has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.41 | 11.72 | top 5.9% | 3,324 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 4.05 | top 8.9% | 3,527 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.42 | 27.04 | top 21.7% | 2,811 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 50.91 | 1:00.49 | top 25.9% | 4,041 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 11.25 | 16.93 | top 31.2% | 2,508 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.74 | 9.59 | top 42.6% | 12,409 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,905 / 8,026 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Penn Cube Day Spring 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wilmington Warmup 2023.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at GCU Spring 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at GCU Spring 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: St. Joseph's Prep 2022. A 15.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hala February Kuwait 2025 · 21 Feb 2025
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wilmington Warmup 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aaron Jake Wong — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Ozsvath — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.