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Zain Behzaad

3×3 blindfolded · top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019BEHZ01

Zain Behzaad has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 23.51, set at Bheja Fry Dec Bangalore 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in India. Until August 2014, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since July 2019, he has put 786 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 4×4 best has come down from 2:06.54 in November 2019 to 42.24, a 67% improvement. Zain has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 2.5% of 12,178 all-time
23.51
signature single · Bheja Fry Dec Bangalore 2024
786
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 blindfolded23.5126.17
top 2.5%8 / 598
3×311.4215.07
top 11.9%1,389 / 20,018
4×442.2447.25
top 14.8%397 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed19.9524.36
top 20.3%725 / 4,516
Clock9.9614.98
top 24.9%208 / 1,092
2×24.077.41
top 27.4%2,376 / 12,146
4×4 blindfolded6:03.26—
top 29.6%13 / 69
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 45:32—
top 31.7%40 / 168
5×51:52.992:03.10
top 44.7%573 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves50.33
top 44.7%203 / 600
Pyraminx25.4346.89
top 97.0%8,277 / 8,934

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

City of Joy Open 2019: 2:06.54Jharkhand Cube Open 2020: 1:03.62Cubing In Ranchi 2020: 52.31Cubing ATMOSphere 2022: 1:21.74Side Events Bangalore Oct 2023: 50.57Bangalore Championship 2023: 1:03.89Mysore Cube Open 2024: 51.61Side Events Bangalore March 2024: 49.85Big N Blind Bangalore March 2024: 46.78Bangalore Newcomers 2024: 47.69Side Events Bangalore April 2024: 43.69Big N Blind Bangalore April 2024: 45.09Side Events Bangalore May 2024: 44.16Bengaluru Summer 2024: 42.24CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024: 42.58Side Events Bangalore June 2024: 44.13Big N Blind Bangalore June 2024: 49.19Side Events Bangalore July 2024: 46.35Big n Blind Bangalore July 2024: 44.73MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024: 42.67Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024: 48.88Telangana Cube Championship 2024: 1:04.04Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 52.75Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2025: 54.76Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 49.08Jus'Cubing Side Events BLR Mar 2025: 1:00.48VIT Cube Open 2025: 48.01RVITM CubeVerse 2025: 50.5342.242:06.549 Nov 201929 Nov 2025

Best single per competition, 4×4. 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-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 3.51 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.