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David Shotter

2×2 · top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SHOT01

David Shotter has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.91, set at UK Championship 2016, puts him in the top 13.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 130th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. David has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.91
signature single · UK Championship 2016
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×22.917.25
top 13.2%130 / 1,510
3×316.0819.43
top 28.0%354 / 2,164
4×41:19.711:28.02
top 55.6%194 / 491
5×52:14.712:33.71
top 58.0%101 / 221
Pyraminx12.4718.03
top 70.0%601 / 946
3×3 one-handed53.031:00.67
top 79.4%283 / 467

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

UK Championship 2016: 16.08Birmingham Open 2016: 19.51Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 17.5416.0819.514 Nov 201625 Nov 2017

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.

  • Lewis Byng — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Robert Yau — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.