People · Kuwait
Shaikha Albarjas
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ALBA06
Shaikha Albarjas has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Hala February Kuwait 2025, puts her in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Kuwait. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2022, she has put 385 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.58 in July 2022 to 10.31, a 24% improvement. Shaikha has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kuwait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 12.12 | top 8.4% | 9 / 183 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 5.30 | top 18.9% | 17 / 145 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 13.99 | top 20.6% | 17 / 105 | |
| Clock | 9.64 | 11.56 | top 23.2% | 4 / 34 | |
| 4×4 | 53.88 | 1:05.58 | top 29.5% | 8 / 49 | |
| Square-1 | 28.06 | 47.02 | top 45.8% | 6 / 12 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.03 | 34.65 | top 49.0% | 14 / 52 | |
| Skewb | 9.61 | 14.16 | top 52.6% | 25 / 59 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.77 | 2:59.44 | top 65.2% | 14 / 25 | |
| Megaminx | 2:50.31 | 3:38.38 | top 70.5% | 15 / 34 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:35.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 10 / 11 |
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
- 3 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2025.
- 21 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Hala February Kuwait 2025.
- 11 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2024.
- 13 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 8 Jul 2022First competition: Hello Q8Speedcubing 2022. A 15.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kuwait Nationals 2026 · 9 Oct 2026
- Hala February Kuwait 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2025 · 3 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hala February Kuwait 2025 · 21 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2024 · 11 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kuwait Side Events 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hala February Kuwait 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2023 · 13 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Q8speedcubing in K.S.E 2023 · 10 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hello Q8Speedcubing 2022 · 8 Jul 2022 — 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 her.
- Ahmad Alolaimi — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hussain Merza — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as she improves.