People · United States
Zuhayr Jafri
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025JAFR01
Zuhayr Jafri has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,081st in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 88 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.65 in March 2025 to 10.61, a 22% improvement. Zuhayr has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.61 | 11.01 | top 9.3% | 5,081 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.55 | 1:23.46 | top 14.2% | 1,092 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 9.98 | top 14.8% | 3,885 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 46.08 | 49.69 | top 19.7% | 2,988 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.68 | 5.96 | top 22.4% | 8,813 / 40,951 | |
| 7×7 | 4:41.41 | 4:52.51 | early days — 3 solves | 1,302 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 9.29 | 14.73 | top 50.4% | 9,023 / 18,907 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First competition: Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025. A 15.94 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.65 at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oliver Zapata — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- James Ekins — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 13.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.