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Shaher Naser

2×2 · top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NASE01

Shaher Naser has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Garland City NY 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Egypt. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2022, he has put 607 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.64 in July 2022 to 11.30, a 32% improvement. Shaher has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 189,179 all-time
1.44
signature single · Garland City NY 2026
607
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEgypt
2×21.444.10
top 1.9%2 / 347
3×311.3013.10
top 11.5%32 / 514
4×444.4850.03
top 17.7%17 / 132
Pyraminx6.3212.12
top 22.4%22 / 207
Clock9.9511.74
top 24.7%4 / 21
3×3 one-handed21.5723.79
top 24.9%12 / 97
Megaminx1:33.561:44.28
top 30.5%8 / 51
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves38.33
top 33.6%1 / 8
5×51:42.121:58.67
top 37.0%10 / 39
Skewb7.8411.44
top 40.1%23 / 79
Square-129.1348.38
top 47.9%9 / 27
6×63:37.763:56.64
top 57.9%7 / 16
7×76:45.07—
early days — 3 solves9 / 12

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

New York Championship 2022: 16.64Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 15.47NJIT Spring 2023: 15.98ROC the Cube 2024: 14.12Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 11.30Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 14.43Medina Mayhem 2026: 13.75Lodi Solves Spring 2026: 12.93RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 13.03Brockport Bash 2026: 11.48Hemlock Lake 2026: 12.60Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026: 11.93Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 12.41Alfred University 2026: 11.68ROC the Cube NY 2026: 11.46Garland City NY 2026: 11.78Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 12.06Corning Summer 2026: 11.35Brighton Brawl NY 2026: 11.89Back To School Buffalo 2026: 12.32Tupper Lake 2026: 13.29Saranac Lake 2026: 12.3511.3016.642 Jul 202218 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 77 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Patrick Strawder — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.