People · United States
Clifford Shepherdson
Pyraminx · top 7.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016SHEP01
Clifford Shepherdson has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Quabbin Open 2016, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,966th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since February 2016, he has put 269 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 11.13 in February 2016 to 4.01, a 64% improvement. Clifford has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.01 | 6.85 | top 7.7% | 1,966 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.51 | 5.77 | top 9.0% | 3,543 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.84 | 24.17 | top 30.5% | 16,787 / 59,724 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Nov 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.41 at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 24 Sep 2016First sub-30 3×3: 27.58 at Quabbin Open 2016.
- 24 Sep 2016Four personal bests in one day at Quabbin Open 2016.
- 13 Feb 2016First competition: Williams Winter 2016.
Competitions
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019
- Upstate Cubing 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Binghamton Winter 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA Asian Championship 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Meadowlands 2018 · 9 Jun 2018
- Upstate Cubing 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Quabbin Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Mason Cubing Challenge 2016 · 10 Sep 2016
- Northeastern Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Williams Winter 2016 · 13 Feb 2016
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.
- Luke Galioto — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Sam Schultz — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Daniel Rose-Levine — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.