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Yusuf Ragab

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017RAGA02

Yusuf Ragab has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2020, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 969th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since November 2017, he has put 1,440 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.44 in November 2017 to 7.22, a 77% improvement. Yusuf has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.22
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2020
1,440
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.228.76
top 1.6%969 / 59,724
4×431.1733.67
top 3.6%572 / 19,072
2×21.953.96
top 4.4%1,764 / 40,951
Square-19.3411.80
top 5.0%364 / 6,743
5×51:00.941:08.90
top 6.0%490 / 9,401
Pyraminx4.197.02
top 8.6%2,216 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed16.0020.55
top 10.2%1,355 / 15,683
Skewb4.156.51
top 11.9%1,858 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves38.67
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
6×62:13.132:33.59
top 16.9%598 / 4,196
Megaminx1:24.211:31.37
top 24.4%1,687 / 7,841
7×74:06.634:25.66
top 33.3%929 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded3:38.49—
top 63.1%1,316 / 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

Fargo Fall 2017: 31.44North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 15.65CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 12.76South Dakota First 2018: 11.29Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 12.47CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.58Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 9.71Cubetcha 2018: 9.81Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 9.08North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 7.91CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 10.11Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 9.62Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 8.39CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.23Sioux Fall 2019: 7.94Cubetcha 2019: 8.85Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 7.81North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 7.22Cubetcha A 2021: 8.32Sioux Falls Winter 2021: 8.88North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 8.01Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 7.54CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 7.33Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 8.92NxN Minnesota 2022: 7.97Cubetcha 2022: 7.92North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.87Grand Forks 2024: 8.507.2231.4412 Nov 201714 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.