People · United Kingdom
Rayyan Ali
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ALIR02
Rayyan Ali has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at Stevenage May 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 144th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 65 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.25 in May 2022 to 7.43, a 28% improvement. Rayyan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 7.43 | 8.77 | top 1.9% | 144 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 5.18 | 7.03 | top 41.6% | 2,178 / 4,895 |
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
- 20 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.57 at Stevenage May 2023.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Wakefield Spring 2022. A 12.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 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.
- Akshath Naveen Kumar — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tan Jun (陈俊) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.