People · Netherlands
Sami Bchiri
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024BCHI01
Sami Bchiri has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Parla Open 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in the Netherlands. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2024, he has put 164 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.81 in May 2024 to 10.06, a 73% improvement. Sami has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.40 | top 7.6% | 206 / 2,294 | |
| 4×4 | 48.80 | 1:00.18 | top 23.2% | 219 / 1,000 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 6.17 | top 36.9% | 807 / 1,665 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.23 | 2:03.31 | top 46.9% | 237 / 532 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.72 | 44.80 | top 54.8% | 382 / 726 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 8 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Leersum Squared 2025.
- 13 Jul 2024First sub-30 3×3: 19.22 at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024.
- 13 Jul 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at Warm Up Wommelgem 2024.
- 4 May 2024First competition: Bigger in Breda 2024. A 36.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucharest Cubing July 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Leersum Open 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Breda Open 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Parla Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Warm Up Wommelgem 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bigger in Breda 2024 · 4 May 2024
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.
- Ivo Stoutjesdijk — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maksim Chen — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.