People · United Kingdom
Zakaria Ali
2×2 · top 13.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ALIZ01
Zakaria Ali has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at Essex Winter 2022, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 821st in the United Kingdom. Across 16 competitions since May 2022, he has put 324 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.14 in May 2022 to 12.48, a 69% improvement. Zakaria has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 4.63 | top 13.4% | 821 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 12.48 | 16.20 | top 15.6% | 1,065 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.23 | 9.22 | top 21.7% | 846 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 13.83 | 15.98 | top 43.1% | 579 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.74 | 43.27 | top 48.3% | 857 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 10.47 | 16.70 | top 57.9% | 1,380 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 756 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,696 / 2,071 |
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
- 25 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage November 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Reading Spring 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Brent Cross Winter 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.59 at Stevenage Autumn A 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn A 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Essex Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 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.
- Adam Swaine — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Xavier Morgan — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.