People · Kuwait
Yousef Essa Almashmoum
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ALMA01
Yousef Essa Almashmoum has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Hala February Kuwait 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Kuwait. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2024, he has put 93 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.73 in February 2024 to 8.78, a 31% improvement. Yousef 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 | Kuwait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.78 | 10.87 | top 4.4% | 4 / 176 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 6.34 | top 27.0% | 24 / 142 | |
| 4×4 | 59.68 | 1:09.86 | top 36.1% | 12 / 44 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.19 | 34.59 | top 49.3% | 14 / 49 |
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
- 11 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Kuwaiti Nationals 2024.
- 11 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kuwaiti Nationals 2024.
- 2 Feb 2024First competition: Hala February Kuwait 2024. A 14.60 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hala February Kuwait 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hala February Kuwait 2025 · 21 Feb 2025
- Kuwaiti Nationals 2024 · 11 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Hala February Kuwait 2024 · 2 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alkawthar Jaber Akbar — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ghanim Abdulaziz Almutawa — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ahmad Alolaimi — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.