People · United Kingdom
Safwan Uddin
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018UDDI01
Safwan Uddin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Harrow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 117th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2018, he has put 330 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.23 in August 2018 to 7.22, a 53% improvement. Safwan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.22 | 8.77 | top 1.6% | 117 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.67 | 5.05 | top 2.6% | 100 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 30.32 | 37.00 | top 3.0% | 71 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.64 | 20.69 | top 11.7% | 229 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.67 | 1:10.30 | top 13.1% | 167 / 966 | |
| Square-1 | 15.65 | 19.94 | top 17.9% | 179 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.02 | 1:31.30 | top 22.4% | 297 / 1,151 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Open 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Harrow Autumn 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Norwich Summer 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Guildford Winter 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mind Sports Olympiad Cubing 2023 · 24 Aug 2023
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018
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.
- Daniel Evans — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Robert Yau — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mark Ostrom — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.