People · Zimbabwe
Damian Peter Shaw
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019SHAW04
Damian Peter Shaw has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.69, set at Arnold Classic Africa 2019, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Zimbabwe. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2019, he has put 73 official solves on the record across nine events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Zimbabwe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.69 | 11.62 | top 9.5% | 4 / 22 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 4.68 | top 12.9% | 3 / 13 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 8.06 | top 13.7% | 2 / 9 | |
| 4×4 | 51.75 | 1:04.16 | top 26.9% | 4 / 8 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.66 | 38.65 | top 45.9% | 6 / 9 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 48.67 | early days — 3 solves | 2 / 2 | |
| Skewb | 13.96 | 21.84 | top 74.6% | 3 / 6 | |
| Megaminx | 3:07.62 | 3:17.13 | top 76.9% | 3 / 3 | |
| 5×5 | 3:53.60 | 4:23.06 | top 90.9% | 4 / 5 |
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 story so far
- 17 May 2019First competition: Arnold Classic Africa 2019. A 10.90 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Arnold Classic Africa 2019.
Competitions
- Arnold Classic Africa 2019 · 17 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Calum Visagie — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ekhard Rabie — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.