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Shahir Latif

3×3 · top 0.32% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LATI02

Shahir Latif has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.66, set at Georgia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 219th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2023, he has put 824 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.17 in October 2023 to 5.66, a 31% improvement. Shahir has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 288,433 all-time
5.66
signature single · Georgia Championship 2026
824
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.667.92
top 0.32%219 / 60,666
2×21.502.56
top 2.2%876 / 41,674
Pyraminx2.844.97
top 3.1%844 / 29,168
Clock4.855.83
top 4.0%333 / 9,172
4×433.6935.50
top 5.6%858 / 19,354
3×3 blindfolded37.42—
top 6.1%121 / 2,128
Square-110.1312.40
top 6.3%469 / 6,846
5×51:01.301:12.91
top 6.3%520 / 9,537
Skewb3.365.14
top 6.9%1,084 / 19,164
3×3 one-handed15.0117.30
top 8.2%1,106 / 15,900
Megaminx57.341:06.46
top 8.7%612 / 8,026
6×62:04.382:07.67
top 12.9%481 / 4,262
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
top 17.5%387 / 2,059
7×73:43.293:56.12
top 24.6%704 / 3,236

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

T-Town Showdown 2023: 8.17Bayou Big Cubes 2024: 7.84GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 7.83GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 6.95Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 7.82Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025: 7.79GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 6.73Gulf Shores 2025: 7.63Georgia Championship 2026: 5.66Marietta Monday Mini I 2026: 7.05Marietta Monday Mini III 2026: 9.03Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 7.72Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026: 7.14GA Cubers Pride 2026: 6.60Alabama Championship 2026: 7.79GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026: 6.63Marietta Monday Mini IV 2026: 7.195.669.037 Oct 202312 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.