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Dharmesh Shahu

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011SHAH01

Dharmesh Shahu has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Polyhedra Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2011, he has put 1,400 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.77 in February 2011 to 8.24, a 44% improvement. Dharmesh has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.24
signature single · Polyhedra Open 2017
1,400
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.249.32
top 3.2%304 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed14.0015.71
top 6.1%190 / 4,516
2×22.664.27
top 10.5%870 / 12,146
4×440.1843.88
top 12.3%333 / 4,186
3×3 blindfolded1:26.312:00.90
top 21.7%91 / 598
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.00
top 26.7%107 / 600
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 49:19—
top 39.0%54 / 168
5×51:48.301:59.50
top 41.4%525 / 1,525

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

Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 14.77Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 12.28DJ Speedcubing Open 2011: 13.06Mumbai Open 2012: 11.09Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 10.15DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 11.21Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 10.71Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 9.92Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 9.07Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 9.58DJ Open 2013: 8.60Bombay Open 2013: 9.60Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 9.69Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 10.20Thakur Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 9.23Pune Fall Open 2014: 9.24P3 Grand Open 2014: 9.93Indian Nationals 2014: 9.23National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 9.08DJ Open 2014: 8.62Genius Kid India Open 2014: 9.66Mumbai Open 2014: 9.62Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 8.46SP Open 2015: 8.42SCMU ICT Open 2015: 9.32SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 9.42SP Open Mini 2015: 9.08Amalthea SCMU Open 2015: 9.20SCMU ICT Open 2016: 8.97Indian Nationals 2016: 9.01SCMU 2016: 9.25KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016: 9.02Polyhedra Open 2017: 8.24SCMU ICT Open 2017: 9.21Indian Nationals 2017: 8.42Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 9.65Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 9.12Indian Nationals 2018: 9.118.2414.775 Feb 201125 May 2018

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 0.24 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.