People · United States
Rafee Mirza
3×3 · top 10.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012MIRZ02
Rafee Mirza has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.83, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,505th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since July 2012, he has put 142 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.94 in February 2013 to 10.83, a 63% improvement. Rafee has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.83 | 14.05 | top 10.0% | 5,505 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.14 | 5.92 | top 28.3% | 11,388 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.44 | 10.97 | top 31.5% | 8,937 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 19.47 | 29.11 | top 63.1% | 5,511 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 2:05.40 | — | top 84.1% | 16,019 / 19,354 |
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
- 16 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2026.
- 6 Sep 2014First sub-20 3×3: 14.77 at River Hill Summer 2014.
- 6 Sep 2014First sub-15 3×3: 14.77 at River Hill Summer 2014.
- 21 Jul 2012First competition: Raleigh Open 2012.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015
- Slow n Steady Fall 2014 · 9 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Raleigh Open 2013 · 15 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2013 · 16 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Raleigh Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012
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.
- Ishmam Mirza — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kobe Balin — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.