People · Malaysia
Safwan Zulkarnain Bin Alias
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018ALIA02
Safwan Zulkarnain Bin Alias has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at IUKL SOR 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 346th in Malaysia. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2018, he has put 128 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.71 in April 2018 to 9.79, a 16% improvement. Safwan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malaysia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 12.46 | top 6.9% | 346 / 3,773 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.59 | 20.70 | top 11.6% | 165 / 1,327 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 5.13 | top 14.7% | 403 / 2,541 | |
| 4×4 | 45.48 | 49.93 | top 18.9% | 308 / 1,219 |
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
- 10 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at XMUM Cube Open 2023.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at USM Penang Cube 2019.
- 28 Apr 2018First competition: USM Penang Cube 2018. A 12.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Penang Cube Masters 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- IUKL SOR 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- XMUM Cube Open 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- USM Penang Cube 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 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.
- Leow Yi Jun (廖艺畯) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Darren Siew Ee Yaang (蕭奕暘) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Muhammad Syahmi — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.