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Zain Kareem
3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KARE01
Zain Kareem has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.78, set at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 729th in India. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 229 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in April 2022 to 9.78, a 46% improvement. Zain has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.78 | 12.36 | top 6.9% | 729 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 10.55 | top 19.2% | 1,149 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 3.57 | 5.52 | top 21.1% | 1,822 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.36 | 2:28.59 | top 50.9% | 589 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.31 | 40.00 | top 56.0% | 2,196 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 18.32 | 29.39 | top 59.7% | 521 / 1,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.16 | — | top 61.5% | 2,136 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 12.81 | 20.83 | top 69.9% | 2,072 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 3:30.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,214 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024.
- 18 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.69 at Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024.
- 16 Apr 2022First competition: Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022. A 18.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VR Bengaluru Cube Open A 2025 · 26 Oct 2025
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024
- Karnataka Cube Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Bangalore Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Championship 2023 · 23 Dec 2023
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
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.
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.