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Zaeem Abdullah Naseef (സഈം അബ്ദുല്ലാഹ് നസീഫ്)

3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023NASE01

Zaeem Abdullah Naseef (സഈം അബ്ദുല്ലാഹ് നസീഫ്) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.74, set at Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2023, he has put 751 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in April 2023 to 7.74, a 43% improvement. Zaeem has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.74
signature single · Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026
751
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.749.00
top 2.4%224 / 20,018
2×21.693.40
top 3.0%220 / 12,146
Skewb2.615.71
top 3.3%66 / 3,524
Pyraminx4.777.85
top 11.8%682 / 8,934
Square-114.7817.92
top 15.9%103 / 805
3×3 one-handed19.6420.90
top 19.5%689 / 4,516
4×448.361:00.04
top 22.6%662 / 4,186
Clock9.8912.33
top 24.6%202 / 1,092
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.00
top 33.6%139 / 600
Megaminx2:08.122:19.86
top 50.2%580 / 1,443
5×52:29.632:43.55
top 65.6%857 / 1,525

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

Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023: 13.54Cubing at Punnamada 2023: 14.75mcubes Cube Open 2023: 10.97Reliance Alleppey Open 2023: 11.49mcubes Twist Gala 2024: 9.17Salem Summer Open 2024: 9.67Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024: 9.51DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025: 9.43Amrita Cube Open 2025: 9.67Sanskara Cube Open 2025: 8.21Calicut Cubing Conquest 2025: 8.98mcubes Alleppey Open 2025: 8.93Calicut Cubing Gambit 2026: 8.56MoT Cube Open 2026: 8.55Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026: 7.74Malabar Cubing Clash 2026: 8.147.7414.7529 Apr 202311 Jul 2026

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 1.74 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.