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Dev Shah

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021SHAH04

Dev Shah has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.94, set at Berkeley Spring 2023, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,647th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2021, he has put 327 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.65 in October 2021 to 8.94, a 39% improvement. Dev has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.94
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2023
327
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9411.06
top 4.7%2,647 / 59,724
2×22.133.13
top 5.7%2,260 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.007.42
top 13.2%3,435 / 28,708
4×441.9752.59
top 14.5%2,163 / 19,072
Megaminx1:18.251:26.46
top 20.7%1,422 / 7,841
5×51:34.031:45.83
top 30.7%2,430 / 9,401
Skewb7.199.03
top 35.1%5,948 / 18,907
6×62:59.083:16.91
top 40.7%1,485 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed29.7338.08
top 46.0%6,255 / 15,683
Square-131.6341.45
top 52.5%3,449 / 6,743
Clock17.9023.98
top 58.4%4,881 / 8,927
7×75:48.31
early days — 1 solve1,947 / 3,184

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

Utah Fall 2021: 14.65Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 11.94SacCubing XI 2022: 10.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 11.39Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 11.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 10.07SacCubing XII 2022: 11.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 10.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 10.30Berkeley Spring 2023: 8.948.9414.6523 Oct 202112 Mar 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.