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Yusif Anaam

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st 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 35,811 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.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023
355
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.272.54
top 1.3%521 / 40,951
3×39.3510.56
top 5.7%3,180 / 59,724
Skewb3.937.18
top 10.4%1,601 / 18,907
Clock7.649.39
top 13.5%1,034 / 8,927
Pyraminx5.567.44
top 16.8%4,461 / 28,708
4×459.161:11.80
top 35.6%5,734 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed25.8632.16
top 36.5%4,829 / 15,683
5×53:35.78
early days — 1 solve8,160 / 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

Troy Story 2023: 16.57Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 15.43Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 15.69North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 13.25Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 11.45Hudson Valley 2023: 9.62Parsippany Mini AM 2024: 10.15Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 10.29PBs in Palisades 2024: 9.35Edgemont Cubing 2024: 10.06North Jersey Speedsolving A 2024: 11.86Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024: 10.559.3516.5714 Jan 20231 Jun 2024

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.

  • 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.