People · Canada
Ziad Alavi
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ALAV03
Ziad Alavi has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.19, set at Ottawa Mini Winter B 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 311th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, he has put 237 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.71 in September 2023 to 8.19, a 48% improvement. Ziad 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.19 | 9.62 | top 3.1% | 311 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.00 | 4.31 | top 3.6% | 126 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.49 | top 3.9% | 246 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 34.39 | 45.45 | top 6.2% | 145 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.90 | 22.80 | top 23.0% | 492 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 6.90 | 9.05 | top 32.9% | 816 / 2,907 | |
| Clock | 23.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 731 / 1,029 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.57 at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023First competition: NCR Favourites 2023. A 15.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Mini Winter B 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall C 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 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 his.
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ayoub Alavi — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.