People · Egypt
Omar Ismail
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023ISMA01
Omar Ismail has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Alexandria Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Egypt. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 209 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.06 in March 2023 to 9.92, a 29% improvement. Omar has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 3.42 | top 3.0% | 4 / 346 | |
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 11.69 | top 7.2% | 24 / 509 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.03 | 5.53 | top 7.8% | 3 / 207 | |
| 4×4 | 44.49 | 51.07 | top 17.6% | 17 / 130 | |
| Skewb | 5.69 | 9.07 | top 23.4% | 9 / 77 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.37 | 28.31 | top 32.5% | 19 / 96 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.10 | 2:12.88 | top 51.8% | 19 / 39 |
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
- 24 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Alexandria Open 2025.
- 24 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Alexandria Open 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Egypt Fall 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Egypt Winter 2024.
- 6 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023. A 14.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Alexandria Open 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Egypt Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Egypt Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023 · 12 Mar 2023
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.
- Nour Marwan Mostafa — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Yassin Elsayed Abd Elfattah — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Eyad Moataz Osama Mohamed Eyad — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.