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Zain Sheikh
Pyraminx · top 40.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023SHEI05
Zain Sheikh has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at Mumbai Winter Open 2025, puts him in the top 40.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,582nd in India. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.98 in November 2023 to 22.68, a 16% improvement. Zain has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.46 | 15.35 | top 40.2% | 2,582 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 22.68 | 26.88 | top 47.2% | 6,931 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 6.16 | 7.91 | top 52.5% | 5,123 / 12,146 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First competition: Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023. A 30.41 3×3 single to start from.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.98 at Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023.
Competitions
- Mumbai Winter Open 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Mimosa Mall Master Cubers 2023 · 25 Nov 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.
- Albert Kruger — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Catherine Rush — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Rush — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.