People · United Kingdom
Rayan Islam
3×3 · top 0.24% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ISLA08
Rayan Islam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at Stevenage December 2024, puts him in the top 0.24% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in the United Kingdom. Until April 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 518 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.47 in November 2022 to 5.49, a 35% improvement. Rayan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.49 | 7.55 | top 0.24% | 24 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 19 moves | 23.67 | top 0.45% | 4 / 372 | |
| 2×2 | 1.26 | 1.92 | top 1.2% | 99 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 28.29 | 36.40 | top 1.9% | 52 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 2.21 | 4.73 | top 1.9% | 47 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 4.30 | 6.81 | top 2.9% | 45 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.30 | 4.53 | top 4.7% | 183 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.27 | 16.44 | top 4.8% | 92 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.34 | 1:11.33 | top 6.8% | 93 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 10.86 | 13.58 | top 7.7% | 80 / 778 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.66 | 1:05.69 | top 10.9% | 137 / 966 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:50.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 131 / 311 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage December 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Stevenage November 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship FMC 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC London Summer 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- East London Autumn 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
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.
- Murad Asgarov — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
- James Alonso — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alexandru Boca — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.