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Parham Saeed Nia (پرهام سعیدنیا)

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011NIAP01

Parham Saeed Nia (پرهام سعیدنیا) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at Iran Summer Cube 2013, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Iran. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since September 2011, he has put 753 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.09 in September 2011 to 1.43, an 86% improvement. Parham has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.43
signature single · Iran Summer Cube 2013
753
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
2×21.433.14
top 1.9%9 / 856
3×38.2311.39
top 3.2%41 / 1,569
Pyraminx3.134.03
top 4.1%24 / 500
3×3 one-handed13.5816.69
top 5.4%23 / 298
3×3 blindfolded43.512:19.21
top 7.9%3 / 36
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves31.67
top 9.9%7 / 55
4×442.3145.79
top 14.9%41 / 295
5×51:30.561:38.55
top 27.8%34 / 140
Square-125.7127.50
top 40.7%12 / 30
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 26:34—
early days — 2 solves6 / 12
Megaminx2:27.972:40.82
top 60.2%49 / 72

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

Iran Open 2011: 10.09Iran Rubikup 2012: 4.22Iran Open 2012: 3.19Iran Summer Cube 2013: 1.43Iran Open 2013: 2.78Iran Autumn Cube 2013: 2.88Summer with Cubers 2014: 3.08Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 2.96Parax Cubecomp 2015: 2.69Iran Nationals 2016: 1.90Iran Open 2017: 2.78Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 2.72Iran Academy 2018: 1.80Chekaad Summer 2019: 2.831.4310.091 Sep 201113 Sep 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.