People · United States
Umar Areeb
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015AREE01
Umar Areeb has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Cube4Cam 2016, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,342nd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since March 2015, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.60 in March 2015 to 10.79, a 42% improvement. Umar 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 12.64 | top 9.8% | 5,342 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.90 | top 16.1% | 6,312 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.77 | 33.39 | top 33.6% | 4,425 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.09 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,992 / 9,401 |
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
- 6 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.21 at Princeton Winter 2016.
- 28 Mar 2015First competition: Johns Hopkins Winter 2015. A 18.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube4Cam 2016 · 4 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015
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.
- Dan Selzer — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Keaton Ellis — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Corey Sakowski — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.