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Rafael Sultanaliev

2×2 · top 1.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023SULT02

Rafael Sultanaliev has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.33, set at Ohio Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 615th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2023, he has put 897 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.95 in August 2023 to 9.93, a 57% improvement. Rafael has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.5% of 189,179 all-time
1.33
signature single · Ohio Championship 2026
897
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.332.25
top 1.5%615 / 41,674
Pyraminx2.464.80
top 2.1%558 / 29,168
Skewb2.636.71
top 3.4%531 / 19,164
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 27 cubes · 57:19—
top 4.4%36 / 740
3×3 blindfolded32.6553.71
top 4.9%100 / 2,128
Megaminx49.8354.45
top 5.1%368 / 8,026
4×434.0641.13
top 6.0%931 / 19,354
3×39.9311.59
top 7.3%4,061 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed14.6817.61
top 7.5%1,017 / 15,900
Square-111.3616.29
top 8.7%625 / 6,846
Clock7.078.92
top 11.1%877 / 9,172
4×4 blindfolded3:35.267:38.58
top 11.5%48 / 442
5×51:12.411:18.07
top 13.5%1,051 / 9,537
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves35.33
top 14.8%329 / 2,059
6×62:11.942:28.97
top 16.4%589 / 4,262
5×5 blindfolded9:18.99—
top 18.8%38 / 220
7×73:47.223:57.52
top 26.1%739 / 3,236

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

Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 22.95Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 15.25Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 12.96Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 11.02Ohio State Winter 2025: 12.39Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 11.78Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 11.69Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 11.18Ohio Championship 2025: 10.82Ohio State Winter 2026: 11.16Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 11.12Ohio Championship 2026: 10.00Redhawk Fall OH 2026: 9.939.9322.9512 Aug 202317 Oct 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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.