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Shiraz Malik

3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MALI02

Shiraz Malik has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since July 2016, he has put 2,291 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.80 in July 2016 to 8.24, a 36% improvement. Shiraz has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time
8.24
signature single · Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025
2,291
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×38.2410.70
top 3.2%267 / 6,785
2×21.733.89
top 3.3%242 / 4,946
Pyraminx3.575.97
top 5.8%222 / 3,704
4×434.5241.40
top 6.4%153 / 2,112
5×51:04.581:15.01
top 8.2%109 / 1,167
Skewb4.556.78
top 14.9%352 / 2,439
Clock8.109.15
top 15.6%226 / 1,255
6×62:12.202:26.69
top 16.6%101 / 560
3×3 one-handed19.5325.73
top 19.3%368 / 1,861
Megaminx1:19.441:30.06
top 21.4%257 / 998
7×73:40.214:06.22
top 23.6%112 / 463
Square-124.1933.46
top 37.3%334 / 789
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves47.67
top 48.5%196 / 372

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

Macclesfield Open 2016: 12.80Glasgow Open 2022: 12.21Edukent Weekend 2022: 12.27Carlisle Summer 2022: 12.92Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.75Glasgow Winter 2023: 11.55Edinburgh Spring 2023: 11.21Glasgow Spring 2023: 9.95Edinburgh Summer 2023: 11.24Glasgow Autumn 2023: 10.91Wakefield Autumn 2023: 9.91Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 11.53Edinburgh Winter 2024: 10.97Glasgow Spring 2024: 8.29Wakefield Summer 2024: 10.15Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 10.81Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.38Kewbz UK Open 2024: 11.02Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024: 10.53Edinburgh Winter 2025: 9.86Leeds Spring 2025: 10.12Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025: 9.78Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 10.35Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 10.20Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 10.42Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 10.82Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 8.98Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025: 8.24Edinburgh Winter 2026: 8.50Falkirk Open 2026: 9.57Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026: 10.14Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 10.83Leeds Spring 2026: 9.20Liverpool Spring 2026: 8.98Sheffield Spring 2026: 10.26Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 8.98Wakefield Summer 2026: 10.90Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 9.51Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026: 9.93York Summer 2026: 10.66Falkirk Autumn 2026: 9.048.2412.9230 Jul 201617 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.