People · Jordan
Zaid Ali Ajo
3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023AJOZ01
Zaid Ali Ajo has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at Jordan Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15th in Jordan. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 113 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.63 in October 2023 to 9.62, a 48% improvement. Zaid has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Jordan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 12.11 | top 6.4% | 15 / 378 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.51 | 12.10 | top 32.1% | 40 / 170 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.89 | top 32.2% | 67 / 264 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.51 | — | top 89.3% | 80 / 111 |
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
- 18 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at Jordan Nationals 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Jordan Nationals 2025.
- 6 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024.
- 6 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024.
- 6 Oct 2023First competition: Jordan Nationals 2023. A 19.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Irbid Winter 2026 · 31 Jan 2026
- Irbid Summer 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Jordan Nationals 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Irbid Open 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024 · 6 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Jordan Nationals 2023 · 6 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kamel Hammouri — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Othman Saleh — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Zeidan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.