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Shahir Latif

3×3 · top 0.31% of 284,439 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 0.31% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since October 2023, he has put 614 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 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 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.31% of 284,439 all-time
5.66
signature single · Georgia Championship 2026
614
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.667.92
top 0.31%212 / 59,724
2×21.502.58
top 2.2%856 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.845.53
top 3.1%829 / 28,708
Clock4.855.83
top 4.1%330 / 8,927
4×433.6935.50
top 5.5%845 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded37.42—
top 6.1%121 / 2,092
5×51:01.301:13.25
top 6.2%505 / 9,401
Square-110.1312.40
top 6.3%463 / 6,743
Skewb3.365.14
top 6.9%1,064 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed15.0117.30
top 8.1%1,086 / 15,683
Megaminx59.681:09.28
top 9.8%678 / 7,841
6×62:11.852:24.79
top 16.2%577 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves—
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
7×73:43.293:57.87
top 24.6%696 / 3,184

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: 6.605.669.037 Oct 202320 Jun 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 — 344 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.