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Taariq Hassim

2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HASS04

Taariq Hassim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in South Africa. Across 34 competitions since November 2016, he has put 1,106 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.16 in November 2016 to 11.77, a 63% improvement. Taariq has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.74
signature single · Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024
1,106
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×22.744.22
top 11.4%110 / 1,510
3×311.7714.15
top 13.1%147 / 2,164
4×443.9948.36
top 17.0%48 / 491
Pyraminx5.847.13
top 18.8%144 / 946
5×51:29.911:46.56
top 27.2%39 / 221
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 50:43—
top 27.5%7 / 27
Clock12.7415.23
top 38.5%51 / 148
3×3 blindfolded2:39.353:29.58
top 46.2%19 / 53
3×3 one-handed29.8332.94
top 46.3%133 / 467
Skewb8.9513.52
top 48.1%180 / 438
Megaminx2:12.192:27.89
top 52.3%96 / 266
6×63:33.653:49.88
top 56.2%36 / 84
Square-134.2238.16
top 57.1%65 / 118
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves51.00
top 59.0%29 / 53
7×76:12.546:37.98
top 70.6%36 / 69
4×4 blindfolded16:30.00—
top 81.5%13 / 15

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

Johannesburg 2016: 32.16Gauteng Winter 2017: 18.71Eden Village Winter 2017: 15.66Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017: 15.02Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 14.72Soweto Spring Open 2018: 13.08Gauteng Summer 2019: 13.31Gauteng Autumn 2022: 13.81CubeCo Durban Winter Warmup 2022: 15.48Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 12.15Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 13.45Just Cube Joburg 2022: 13.97CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 12.10CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 13.97Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023: 13.22Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024: 13.76Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 13.41Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 14.56Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 11.77CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 13.34Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 14.44Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026: 14.52Benoni May Madness 2026: 16.14Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 13.9711.7732.1627 Nov 201620 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.