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Umar Qattan

3×3 · top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007QATT01

Umar Qattan has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.94, set at Caltech Fall 2008, puts him in the top 30.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,973rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2007, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.74 in November 2007 to 16.94, a 50% improvement. Umar has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 30.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.94
signature single · Caltech Fall 2008
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.9424.33
top 30.8%16,973 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed54.941:11.38
top 80.7%11,978 / 15,683
4×42:01.692:21.71
top 82.4%15,381 / 19,072
5×54:42.44
early days — 2 solves9,090 / 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

Caltech Fall competition 2007: 33.74UCSD competition 2008: 20.93Caltech Fall 2008: 16.9416.9433.7410 Nov 200722 Nov 2008

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 56,546 people have one; it is 4.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.