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Safiya Sheikh
3×3 · top 35.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SHEI01
Safiya Sheikh has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.54, set at Hillister Cube Hustle 2026, puts her in the top 35.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,029th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, she has put 62 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.13 in January 2023 to 18.54, a 32% improvement. Safiya has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.54 | 23.87 | top 35.8% | 20,029 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 7.07 | 13.36 | top 61.0% | 25,038 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.35 | 18.39 | top 69.4% | 20,531 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 23.09 | 33.20 | top 93.3% | 17,931 / 18,907 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.54 at Hillister Cube Hustle 2026.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Cubing For Water Winter 2023. A 27.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hillister Cube Hustle 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- Houston Spring Side Events 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
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.
- Matt Lee — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Siwoo Kim — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.54 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
Targets move as she improves.