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Rizwan Kareem

3×3 · top 83.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2010 · 2010KARE01

Rizwan Kareem has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 46.54, set at 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011, puts him in the top 83.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,225th in India. Across 4 competitions since October 2010, he has put 21 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 3:11.46 in October 2010 to 46.54, a 76% improvement. Rizwan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 83.3% of 284,439 all-time
46.54
signature single · 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011
21
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×346.541:05.37
top 83.3%14,225 / 20,018
2×224.96
top 97.8%11,456 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed4:07.50
early days — 1 solve4,520 / 4,516
Pyraminx1:31.05
early days — 1 solve8,954 / 8,934

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2010: 3:11.46Pragyan Cube Open 2011: 1:11.284th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 46.54Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 1:28.8346.543:11.461 Oct 20106 Oct 2012

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 6.54 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 4.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.