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Taym Rihawi

Pyraminx · top 0.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023RIHA01

Taym Rihawi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025, puts him in the top 0.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Syria. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2023, he has put 835 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.50 in September 2023 to 7.64, a 47% improvement. Taym has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.9% of 129,321 all-time
1.85
signature single · Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025
835
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSyria
Pyraminx1.852.99
top 0.9%1 / 42
Skewb2.224.20
top 2.0%1 / 13
3×37.6410.11
top 2.2%2 / 66
2×21.763.05
top 3.4%3 / 46
Clock4.796.04
top 3.9%1 / 2
Megaminx53.2655.87
top 6.6%1 / 5
3×3 one-handed14.6518.88
top 7.4%1 / 14
4×441.4246.23
top 13.8%2 / 22
Square-114.2916.92
top 14.8%1 / 2
5×51:18.361:25.30
top 17.8%1 / 6
6×62:54.093:01.67
top 38.1%1 / 1
7×74:21.544:51.04
top 38.2%1 / 1
3×3 blindfolded3:23.28—
early days — 2 solves2 / 2
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves—
early days — 2 solves1 / 1

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

Clarks Hill Cubing 2023: 14.50Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 13.38FSUbers 5.0 2024: 13.19Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 12.83Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 11.35Fountain City Spring Fling 2024: 11.20Middle Georgia Speedsolving 2024: 11.07Alabama Championship 2024: 10.82Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024: 8.91FSUbers 7.0 2024: 10.20Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024: 9.28Coosa Cubing Clash 2024: 8.75Solving in Savannah 2025: 7.64Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 8.60Middle Georgia Big Cube Showdown 2025: 8.29Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 7.67Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 7.957.6414.5023 Sep 202320 Sep 2025

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.

  • Alex Bohac — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Justin Barker — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 29 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.