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Waris Ali

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007ALIW01

Waris Ali has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at Cubing 4 Kids 2018, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,190th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since November 2007, he has put 1,290 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.65 in November 2007 to 7.52, a 69% improvement. Waris has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.52
signature single · Cubing 4 Kids 2018
1,290
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.529.73
top 2.0%1,190 / 59,724
2×22.023.35
top 4.9%1,961 / 40,951
4×434.0637.85
top 5.9%914 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.0320.22
top 8.2%1,093 / 15,683
5×51:13.211:15.23
top 14.0%1,067 / 9,401
Megaminx1:14.621:34.90
top 18.4%1,251 / 7,841
Square-116.4220.84
top 19.6%1,319 / 6,743
6×62:28.162:36.95
top 24.6%879 / 4,196
7×74:26.804:45.90
top 40.0%1,139 / 3,184
Pyraminx9.4211.67
top 48.4%14,003 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded3:16.07—
early days — 2 solves1,217 / 2,092

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

Virginia Open 2007: 24.65San Diego Open 2008: 15.43Minnesota Open 2008: 13.59US Nationals and Open 2008: 15.36Wisconsin Open 2008: 12.91Twin Cities Cubing Classic 2009: 12.06Missouri Open 2009: 11.72Minnesota Open 2009: 9.93Cubetcha 2009: 10.03Caltech Winter 2010: 11.55Nebraska Open 2010: 10.81Cubetcha 2010: 9.68Kansas Cube-Off 2011: 9.44United States National Championships 2011: 9.53Cubetcha 2011: 8.71Kansas Cube Off 2012: 9.33United States National Championships 2012: 9.71Cubetcha 2012: 9.25Winona Open 2013: 8.72World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.44Cubetcha 2013: 8.91Lawrence Open 2014: 9.89KCubing Spring 2016: 9.11KCubing Summer 2016: 8.63Overland Park Open 2017: 10.09SCC Summer 2017: 9.24KCubing Fall 2017: 9.31SCC Winter 2018: 9.41Cubing 4 Kids 2018: 7.52BarbeCubing 2018: 8.28BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 8.797.5224.6524 Nov 200729 Sep 2018

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.