People · Egypt
Yahia Ahmed Abdallah Elhawy
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019ELHA01
Yahia Ahmed Abdallah Elhawy has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Egypt National 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Egypt. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2019, he has put 258 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.94 in June 2019 to 8.55, a 77% improvement. Yahia has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 10.56 | top 3.8% | 10 / 509 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.94 | top 4.9% | 8 / 346 | |
| 4×4 | 41.28 | 45.09 | top 13.6% | 13 / 130 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:25.39 | — | top 21.4% | 5 / 11 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.21 | 24.32 | top 26.6% | 14 / 96 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 11.96 | top 33.7% | 42 / 207 | |
| Skewb | 7.32 | 15.83 | top 36.1% | 18 / 77 | |
| Square-1 | 27.24 | 33.98 | top 44.0% | 8 / 27 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.12 | 2:11.16 | top 45.7% | 14 / 50 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.47 | 2:26.07 | top 47.7% | 16 / 39 |
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
- 31 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.55 at Egypt National 2026.
- 24 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Alexandria Open 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Egypt Fall 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Egypt Winter 2024.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Cubing Egypt 2022.
- 17 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Egypt 2022.
Competitions
- Alexandria Summer 2026 · 3 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Egypt National 2026 · 31 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Alexandria Open 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Egypt Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Egypt Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Egypt 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Egypt Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Egyptian Championship 2019 · 3 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Smart Cubers Egypt 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Nour Marwan Mostafa — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yassin Elsayed Abd Elfattah — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Ramy Magdy Helmy — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.