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Taha Alavi (طاها علوی)

Pyraminx · top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ALAV01

Taha Alavi (طاها علوی) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.16, set at Sina International 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Iran. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2018, he has put 148 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.71 in March 2018 to 11.15, a 29% improvement. Taha has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time
4.16
signature single · Sina International 2019
148
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
Pyraminx4.167.64
top 8.5%39 / 500
3×311.1512.90
top 10.9%155 / 1,569
2×23.074.98
top 15.1%110 / 856
Skewb6.358.38
top 28.5%40 / 152
3×3 one-handed30.2045.37
top 47.1%160 / 298

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

Aftab Cubing Days 2018: 15.71Chekaad Summer 2018: 11.98Icy Summer 2018: 11.59Iran Academy 2018: 12.58Alborz Green Cup 2019: 12.68Sina International 2019: 12.13Chekaad Summer 2019: 11.1511.1515.7115 Mar 201813 Sep 2019

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.