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Corwin Shiu

3×3 · top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2007 · 2007SHIU01

Corwin Shiu has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.65, set at Berkeley Fall competition 2007, puts him in the top 26.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,553rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2007, he has put 67 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 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.12 in April 2007 to 15.65, a 42% improvement. Corwin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 26.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.65
signature single · Berkeley Fall competition 2007
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.6517.88
top 26.6%14,553 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed36.9748.46
top 60.7%8,540 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded4:02.80
early days — 2 solves1,424 / 2,092
2×29.1815.43
top 74.4%30,790 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves
early days — 1 solve1,771 / 2,040

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

Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 27.12Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 15.65EPGY California Open 2008: 16.16Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 16.47EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 17.50Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 20.0215.6527.1214 Apr 200716 Apr 2011

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.

  • Dan Dzoan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Leyan Lo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Lucas Garron — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 6.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.