People · New Zealand
Taha Ahmed
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022AHME15
Taha Ahmed has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.75, set at SolveIt Bahrain 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in New Zealand. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 70 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.46 in December 2022 to 10.75, a 56% improvement. Taha has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.75 | 12.06 | top 9.7% | 212 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 6.03 | top 26.2% | 470 / 1,615 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at SolveIt Bahrain 2026.
- 27 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at NZ North Island Championship 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.57 at Tauranga Open 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2022. A 24.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SolveIt Bahrain 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tauranga Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022
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.
- Oliver Ren — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Cory Sonntag — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kacper Paweł Dworak — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.