People · United Kingdom
Zulfiqar Bukhari
2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025BUKH02
Zulfiqar Bukhari has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Stevenage October 2025, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.76 in February 2025 to 2.31, a 66% improvement. Zulfiqar has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.31 | 3.16 | top 7.1% | 495 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 13.09 | 15.40 | top 17.7% | 1,189 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.54 | 15.39 | top 64.2% | 2,538 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 13.18 | 21.35 | top 71.5% | 1,743 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.92 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,516 / 1,851 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Manchester February 2025. A 13.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Benjamin Espinosa — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxwell Davies — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.