People · United States
Zia Firouz
3×3 · top 54.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012FIRO01
Zia Firouz has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.03, set at River Hill Summer 2014, puts him in the top 54.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32,241st in the United States. Across 10 competitions since December 2012, he has put 104 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.93 in December 2012 to 26.03, a 21% improvement. Zia has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 26.03 | 34.15 | top 54.8% | 32,241 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.55 | 10.44 | top 56.4% | 23,109 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.00 | 18.20 | top 67.2% | 19,864 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:47.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 18,224 / 19,072 |
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
- 9 Nov 2013First sub-30 3×3: 29.58 at Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013.
- 1 Dec 2012First competition: Levittown Open 2012. A 32.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2014 · 8 Feb 2014
- Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Yale Spring 2013 · 21 Apr 2013
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2012 · 15 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dan Selzer — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nick Rech — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.