People · Canada
Avery Shum
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018SHUM01
Avery Shum has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.98, set at Battle of Waterloo 2018, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 963rd in Canada. Across 14 competitions since January 2018, he has put 297 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.89 in January 2018 to 10.98, a 35% improvement. Avery has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.98 | 13.46 | top 10.4% | 963 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 3.97 | top 14.1% | 947 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.78 | 11.91 | top 26.1% | 1,113 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.89 | 27.11 | top 31.2% | 694 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.81 | 1:11.26 | top 38.4% | 1,035 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 8.71 | 13.33 | top 46.5% | 1,238 / 2,907 | |
| Clock | 16.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 477 / 1,029 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.60 | — | top 64.2% | 846 / 1,499 |
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
- 10 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2018.
- 21 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Niagara Select 2018.
- 27 Jan 2018First competition: Oakville Limited Winter 2018. A 16.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Pickering Favourites Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Fall B 2023 · 22 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Pickering D 2023 · 26 Mar 2023
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
- Michigan 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Marco Yang (杨柯辰) — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Darren Tang — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Derek Kong — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.