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Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا)

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2011 · 2011NIAP02

Parsa Saeed Nia (پارسا سعیدنیا) has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Iran Academy 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17th in Iran. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2011, he has put 669 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.63 in September 2011 to 9.18, a 71% improvement. Parsa has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · Iran Academy 2018
669
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
2×21.783.15
top 3.5%17 / 856
Pyraminx2.985.64
top 3.6%22 / 500
3×39.1811.03
top 5.3%68 / 1,569
4×435.7144.03
top 7.4%24 / 295
3×3 blindfolded41.8250.08
top 7.4%2 / 36
3×3 one-handed17.3220.67
top 13.4%42 / 298
5×51:23.431:34.48
top 21.9%24 / 140
Square-123.0927.22
top 34.9%11 / 30
Megaminx1:48.722:09.08
top 39.6%27 / 72
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves20 / 55
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 5 cubes · 31:56—
early days — 1 solve12 / 12

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: 31.63Iran Rubikup 2012: 18.33Iran Open 2012: 11.88Iran Summer Cube 2013: 11.90Iran Open 2013: 13.55Iran Autumn Cube 2013: 11.88Summer with Cubers 2014: 12.15Beheshti Cubing Days 2014: 11.36Parax Cubecomp 2015: 10.21Iran Nationals 2016: 10.93Iran Open 2017: 9.48Golden Rubik's Cube 2017: 11.59Iran Academy 2018: 9.18Alborz Green Cup 2019: 11.13Chekaad Summer 2019: 10.71Kite Autumn 2019: 10.039.1831.631 Sep 201129 Nov 2019

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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.