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Tarek Bazizi

4×4 · top 8.6% of 85,040 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016BAZI03

Tarek Bazizi has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.88, set at Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Algeria. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2016, he has put 705 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.48 in August 2016 to 10.56, a 32% improvement. Tarek has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 8.6% of 85,040 all-time
36.88
signature single · Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026
705
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAlgeria
4×436.8846.71
top 8.6%1 / 54
3×310.5612.87
top 9.2%5 / 367
Pyraminx4.977.45
top 13.0%2 / 107
3×3 one-handed20.9831.74
top 23.3%2 / 66
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.5%1 / 2
5×51:27.391:35.24
top 25.3%1 / 8
2×24.535.69
top 33.4%19 / 162
3×3 blindfolded2:04.26—
top 34.8%2 / 4
Square-127.7535.41
top 45.2%1 / 3
6×63:17.213:33.56
top 49.2%1 / 3
Skewb11.0818.86
top 61.3%6 / 11
Megaminx2:34.722:53.30
top 63.6%5 / 10
7×75:51.136:15.11
top 65.6%2 / 3
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 13:52—
early days — 1 solve1 / 1
Clock27.56—
top 81.1%6 / 7

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

Algers Summer Open 2016: 15.48Algeria Winter 2016: 14.04Chachya Open 2017: 13.21Algeria Summer Open 2017: 15.01Algeria Winter Open 2017: 12.61Monts du Lyonnais Open 2023: 12.69Only Oullins Open 2024: 12.33Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 11.01Cernay-lès-Reims 2025: 12.61Sorg'Open 2025: 13.16Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2025: 13.58Cœur de Cube Charantonnay 2026: 13.06French Championship 2026: 11.42Camargue Open 2026: 11.74Longjum'Open 2026: 10.56Barby Cube 2026: 12.19Couffoul'Events 2026: 12.19Algorithmes Artistiques Abrésiens 2026: 11.2810.5615.4820 Aug 201622 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-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 6.88 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.