People · United States
Zain Murtaz
3×3 · top 8.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MURT02
Zain Murtaz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.22, set at Penn Cube Day Spring 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,547th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.73 in March 2018 to 10.22, a 63% improvement. Zain has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.22 | 15.56 | top 8.2% | 4,547 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 54.26 | 57.89 | top 29.9% | 4,746 / 19,354 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.22 at Penn Cube Day Spring 2025.
- 8 Dec 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Penn Cube Day Fall 2018.
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: Rutgers Spring 2018. A 27.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Dana Yi — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishaan Lal — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jules Manalang — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 21,117 people have one; it is 4.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.