People · United States
Sufyaan Syed
2×2 · top 0.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024SYED01
Sufyaan Syed has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 332nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, he has put 381 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.63 in January 2024 to 1.11, a 58% improvement. Sufyaan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.11 | 1.87 | top 0.8% | 332 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 4.94 | 5.89 | top 4.3% | 352 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.52 | 5.50 | top 5.6% | 1,456 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 9.43 | 10.40 | top 6.0% | 3,348 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.62 | 4.63 | top 8.5% | 1,328 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 37.42 | 41.95 | top 9.2% | 1,400 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.77 | 1:18.19 | top 16.8% | 1,159 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.19 | 22.02 | top 18.4% | 2,401 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.33 | 1:30.85 | top 21.1% | 1,660 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 18.41 | 26.32 | top 24.4% | 1,625 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:48.35 | — | early days — 3 solves | 609 / 2,128 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wellesley Fall 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026.
- 20 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Mystic Cubikon 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Mystic Cubikon 2025.
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at WPI Spring 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cardinal Cube Day 2024.
Competitions
- Wellesley Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fitchburg Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Deerfield Clock Fest 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cardinal Cube Day 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
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.
- Derek White — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Jaustin Gudbrandsen — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.