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Zayd Akber

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024AKBE02

Zayd Akber has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,193rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2024, he has put 330 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.54 in October 2024 to 10.06, a 51% improvement. Zayd has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.06
signature single · Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025
330
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.0612.75
top 7.6%4,193 / 59,724
2×22.504.28
top 8.9%3,497 / 40,951
Skewb4.867.51
top 17.1%2,711 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.589.18
top 24.5%6,675 / 28,708
Clock10.7415.20
top 28.8%2,230 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed24.1829.04
top 32.0%4,168 / 15,683
4×457.551:08.25
top 33.8%5,404 / 19,072
Megaminx1:41.152:03.07
top 35.3%2,517 / 7,841
Square-134.8941.82
top 58.2%3,844 / 6,743
5×52:29.842:43.65
top 65.7%5,717 / 9,401
6×66:50.24—
early days — 2 solves3,954 / 4,196

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

Washtenaw Fall 2024: 20.54Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025: 12.85Skewbing in School Kennesaw 2025: 11.69Cubing in School Westminster 2025: 11.90Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025: 13.55Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025: 10.06GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 12.61Marietta the Gathering 2026: 11.81Marietta Monday Mini II 2026: 13.13Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 11.91GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 13.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.5410.0620.5419 Oct 20242 Jul 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.