People · Saudi Arabia
Zaynab Alkhalifa
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ALKH01
Zaynab Alkhalifa has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.52, set at Arizona Favorites 2025, puts her in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Saudi Arabia. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, she has put 207 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Zaynab has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Saudi Arabia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.52 | 5.45 | top 2.2% | 1 / 43 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 11.74 | top 6.0% | 2 / 87 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 3.91 | top 13.1% | 5 / 58 | |
| 4×4 | 45.51 | 57.76 | top 18.9% | 2 / 31 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.72 | 1:41.12 | top 28.0% | 1 / 10 | |
| Skewb | 8.89 | 11.12 | top 47.7% | 9 / 31 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.57 | 51.67 | top 66.1% | 11 / 23 |
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
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Sonoran Side Events 2023. A 9.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arizona Favorites 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Megaminx Madness AZ 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
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 her.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Quintin Audisho — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- TJ Hayward — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as she improves.