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Yusif Anaam
2×2 · top 1.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ANAA01
Yusif Anaam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 530th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2023, he has put 355 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.57 in January 2023 to 9.35, a 44% improvement. Yusif has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 2.54 | top 1.3% | 530 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 10.56 | top 5.7% | 3,245 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.93 | 7.18 | top 10.5% | 1,632 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 7.64 | 9.39 | top 13.4% | 1,061 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 7.44 | top 16.9% | 4,546 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 59.16 | 1:11.80 | top 35.7% | 5,816 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.86 | 32.16 | top 36.6% | 4,912 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 3:35.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,289 / 9,537 |
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
- 19 Nov 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Hudson Valley 2023.
- 21 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.25 at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
- 21 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Troy Story 2023. A 16.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Parsippany Mini AM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Troy Story 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Clem Tucker — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.