People · Nigeria
Sadiq Ahmed
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016AHME07
Sadiq Ahmed has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Fall River Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Nigeria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,311 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.37 in May 2016 to 8.19, a 28% improvement. Sadiq has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.19 | 9.58 | top 3.1% | 5 / 300 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.17 | 14.85 | top 3.2% | 1 / 43 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 4.42 | top 6.2% | 3 / 101 | |
| 4×4 | 40.04 | 45.83 | top 12.2% | 8 / 57 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.68 | 1:39.96 | top 27.9% | 8 / 22 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.73 | 11.97 | top 34.0% | 15 / 62 | |
| Clock | 12.60 | 14.90 | top 37.8% | 4 / 4 | |
| Skewb | 8.90 | 13.12 | top 47.7% | 7 / 16 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.72 | 3:26.91 | top 50.9% | 4 / 4 | |
| 7×7 | 5:14.91 | 5:46.20 | top 55.5% | 4 / 5 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:28.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6 / 7 | |
| Square-1 | 1:13.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6 / 6 | |
| Megaminx | 4:09.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13 / 15 |
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
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at New Hampshire Championship 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025.
- 17 Nov 2018Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 22 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Red Cross Cubing Open 2017.
- 11 Mar 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at New York City Winter 2017.
Competitions
- Fitchburg Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Ipswich Fall 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Fitchburg Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Brookline Favorites III 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Upper Valley Cube Day 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Salem Cubikon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Cambridge Cube Clash 2025 · 16 Feb 2025
- Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Wakefield Winter 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2024 · 19 Aug 2024
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Cardinal Cube Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Lagos Open 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- French Championship 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chelles Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Winter 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Zurich Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Derek White — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Ryan Durette — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Justin Lee — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 67 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.