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Ayan Shaikh

3×3 · top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SHAI02

Ayan Shaikh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.94, set at Pune Cube Carnival 2024, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,151st in India. Across 4 competitions since April 2022, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.35 in April 2022 to 12.94, a 21% improvement. Ayan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.94
signature single · Pune Cube Carnival 2024
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.9416.11
top 17.2%2,151 / 20,018
2×23.407.24
top 19.0%1,599 / 12,146
Pyraminx9.8014.49
top 51.4%3,436 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed40.3944.06
top 65.8%2,640 / 4,516
Megaminx3:05.69
early days — 2 solves930 / 1,443
Skewb15.5334.88
top 80.0%2,436 / 3,524
Clock36.50
early days — 2 solves929 / 1,092

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

Cubing Returns Raipur 2022: 16.35DSL Cube Open 2022: 18.45Pune Cube Carnival 2024: 12.9412.9418.459 Apr 20225 Oct 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.