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Zakarya Otair

3×3 blindfolded · top 0.65% of 12,178 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021OTAI01

Zakarya Otair has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 17.14, set at Irbid Master I 2026, puts him in the top 0.65% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Jordan. Until December 2018, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since September 2021, he has put 1,404 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.84 in September 2021 to 8.14, a 25% improvement. Zakarya has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 0.65% of 12,178 all-time
17.14
signature single · Irbid Master I 2026
1,404
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingJordan
3×3 blindfolded17.1425.23
top 0.65%1 / 19
3×3 Multi-Blind42 of 48 cubes · 58:35—
top 0.73%1 / 3
Clock4.165.29
top 2.6%1 / 29
4×429.9434.85
top 2.8%3 / 111
3×38.149.25
top 3.0%7 / 378
Pyraminx3.064.80
top 3.8%3 / 170
Megaminx47.9050.11
top 4.2%3 / 50
2×22.123.84
top 5.6%9 / 264
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves34.67
top 6.2%2 / 14
3×3 one-handed14.4217.48
top 6.9%5 / 85
5×51:04.671:08.54
top 8.2%3 / 39
4×4 blindfolded3:06.176:49.27
top 8.5%1 / 1
Skewb4.216.50
top 12.4%11 / 84
5×5 blindfolded8:09.30—
top 14.4%1 / 1
6×62:12.452:21.44
top 16.6%3 / 14
Square-116.4921.68
top 19.8%5 / 22
7×74:04.234:18.70
top 32.4%3 / 6

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

Jordan Fall Open 2021: 10.84Jordan Nationals 2022: 9.62Almadar International School 2022: 9.18Hello Q8Speedcubing 2022: 8.41Amman Summertime 2022: 8.75Al Jeel Open 2022: 8.45Al Zarqa Open 2022: 9.71Amman Wintertime 2023: 8.91Q8speedcubing in K.S.E 2023: 9.44High Gate Irbid 2023: 8.88Kuwaiti Nationals 2023: 8.17Hala February Kuwait 2024: 8.65JCC & Q8speedcubing Nationals 2024: 8.14Kuwaiti Nationals 2024: 8.33Aqaba Summer 2025: 10.01Jordan Nationals 2025: 9.00Irbid Summer 2025: 8.27Jubilee Open 2025: 9.06Irbid Winter 2026: 8.17Amman Spring A 2026: 9.55Irbid Summer 2026: 8.58Irbid Master I 2026: 9.268.1410.8425 Sep 202122 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 2.14 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.