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Archit Shanbhag

2×2 · top 63.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015SHAN12

Archit Shanbhag has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at SCMU 2017, puts him in the top 63.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,413th in India. Across 7 competitions since December 2015, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.96 in December 2015 to 39.08, a 17% improvement. Archit has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 63.6% of 186,767 all-time
7.41
signature single · SCMU 2017
120
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×27.4112.19
top 63.6%6,413 / 12,146
Pyraminx11.5117.91
top 64.0%4,454 / 8,934
3×339.0848.42
top 75.8%12,576 / 20,018
Skewb16.0921.92
top 81.6%2,498 / 3,524
Megaminx5:49.70
top 98.1%1,378 / 1,443

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 46.96SCMU Open 2016: 40.48SCMU ICT Open 2016: 45.46SCMU 2016: 44.17Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 45.17Polyhedra Open 2017: 39.08SCMU 2017: 40.9239.0846.9626 Dec 20151 Sep 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.