People · South Africa
Zaakir Hagee
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015HAGE02
Zaakir Hagee has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2015, he has put 337 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.33 in February 2015 to 7.57, a 75% improvement. Zaakir has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.57 | 9.50 | top 2.1% | 19 / 2,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.30 | top 4.9% | 44 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.66 | 20.66 | top 11.8% | 32 / 467 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 10.51 | top 32.6% | 250 / 946 |
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
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022.
- 10 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 8.49 at Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017.
- 29 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at Pops Winter 2015.
- 27 Jun 2015First sub-30 3×3: 23.13 at Tuks Winter 2015.
- 27 Jun 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.65 at Tuks Winter 2015.
- 27 Jun 2015Four personal bests in one day at Tuks Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gauteng Autumn 2022 · 15 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Soweto Spring Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Gauteng Winter 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Johannesburg 2016 · 27 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Johannesburg Open 2016 · 19 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big 'n Weird Pretoria 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Johannesburg Open 2015 · 29 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Pops Winter 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretoria Science Week 2015 · 8 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Tuks Winter 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Pops Toys Summer 2015 · 21 Feb 2015
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.
- Brendan James Gray — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Jaméan Groenewald — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.