People · United Kingdom
Safa Ismail
Pyraminx · top 23.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023ISMA02
Safa Ismail has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.41, set at Birmingham Summer 2024, puts her in the top 23.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 907th in the United Kingdom. Across 12 competitions since August 2023, she has put 194 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.03 in August 2023 to 16.69, a 44% improvement. Safa has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.41 | 10.26 | top 23.1% | 907 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 16.69 | 20.83 | top 30.0% | 2,002 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 4.36 | 5.70 | top 31.1% | 1,660 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 9.87 | 11.42 | top 54.1% | 1,291 / 2,421 |
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 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.91 at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 22.52 at Stevenage June 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023. A 30.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026
- Crewe May 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Leeds Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 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 her.
- Paige Lovell — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Felix Hincks — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Robinson — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
Targets move as she improves.