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Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022KARI02

Yusuf Talha Sayed Karim has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in South Africa. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since May 2022, he has put 847 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.53 in May 2022 to 1.79, a 76% improvement. Yusuf has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.79
signature single · CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025
847
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×21.794.67
top 3.5%32 / 1,510
3×3 blindfolded35.8053.29
top 5.7%4 / 53
Pyraminx3.666.82
top 6.1%41 / 946
3×39.5612.99
top 6.3%62 / 2,164
Skewb4.057.76
top 11.2%39 / 438
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 52:41—
top 28.1%8 / 27
4×453.011:00.33
top 28.4%92 / 491
Megaminx1:37.712:02.97
top 33.2%53 / 266
4×4 blindfolded7:02.20—
early days — 3 solves5 / 15
3×3 one-handed27.7231.61
top 41.2%119 / 467
5×51:57.232:25.48
top 47.5%78 / 221
Clock16.0719.81
top 52.1%73 / 148
6×67:13.32—
early days — 1 solve81 / 84

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

Gauteng Autumn 2022: 7.53Arnold Classic Africa 2022: 8.00Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 6.00Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023: 5.11CubingZA National Championship 2023: 5.63Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024: 4.30Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 4.85Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 5.32Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 4.41Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 4.64CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 3.88Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 4.64CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025: 1.79CubingZA Nationals 2025: 4.18Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025: 3.73Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q2 2025: 3.94Kenya Legacy Twist 2025: 4.09Bold Solvin' Bloemfontein 2025: 3.75Zigzag Zambia Cubing 2026: 3.65Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026: 4.07Beginner & Blind Benoni 2026: 4.26Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026: 4.12Benoni May Madness 2026: 3.35Secunda Smooth Solvin' 2026: 5.331.798.0015 May 20221 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 5.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.