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Syed Mekaeel Ghani

Square-1 · top 10.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GHAN03

Syed Mekaeel Ghani has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Deerfield MA Summer 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 703rd in the United States. Across 48 competitions since November 2023, he has put 772 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.99 in January 2024 to 15.18, a 57% improvement. Syed has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 10.0% of 25,272 all-time
12.05
signature single · Deerfield MA Summer 2026
772
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-112.0528.79
top 10.0%703 / 6,743
2×23.165.88
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.3611.04
top 22.7%6,119 / 28,708
3×315.1819.26
top 25.0%13,621 / 59,724
Clock11.5815.39
top 33.0%2,596 / 8,927
4×41:08.771:17.54
top 45.7%7,592 / 19,072
Skewb8.7712.83
top 46.9%8,298 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed33.1644.94
top 53.7%7,441 / 15,683
5×52:33.823:06.00
top 67.6%5,911 / 9,401
Megaminx3:12.91—
top 78.6%6,183 / 7,841
6×65:24.706:44.73
early days — 3 solves3,511 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,771 / 2,040
7×79:40.34—
early days — 3 solves3,116 / 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

The Battle of Lexington 2024: 34.99Naticube 2024: 37.60Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024: 36.59Saint John's Showdown 2024: 34.91Lexington Weeknights I 2024: 32.55The Battle of Lexington 2025: 35.70Fall River Cubikon 2025: 31.54Cambridge Cube Clash 2025: 35.37WPI Spring 2025: 40.04Salem Cubikon 2025: 39.84Lexington Weeknights I 2025: 36.02Lexington Weeknights II 2025: 35.09Upper Valley Cube Day 2025: 33.64Lexington Weeknights III 2025: 26.27Lexington Weeknights IV 2025: 27.71CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 24.26Lexington Weeknights V 2025: 31.95Lexington Weeknights VI 2025: 25.12Brookline Favorites III 2025: 23.79Fitchburg Fall 2025: 24.24Ocean State Cubikon 2025: 18.01Cubing in Westerly RI 2025: 15.18Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025: 21.75Loon Cubikon NH 2025: 17.37New Hampshire Championship 2025: 18.57Ipswich Fall 2025: 19.55Ogunquit Winter 2025: 21.87Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 19.75The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 15.69Brown Cubing Day 2026: 17.47UMass Spring 2026: 17.43Cube Against Cancer Boston 2026: 20.44Wakefield MA Spring 2026: 17.22WPI Spring 2026: 20.25Wells Dual 2026: 17.13Saint John's Summer 2026: 15.38Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 17.64Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026: 16.77Deerfield MA Summer 2026: 18.74Brookline Favorites IV 2026: 16.9715.1840.0427 Jan 202429 Aug 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-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.