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Dhruva Shaw

3×3 · top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SHAW01

Dhruva Shaw has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.36, set at City of Joy Open 2018, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,361st in India. Across 7 competitions since January 2016, he has put 121 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.38 in January 2016 to 15.36, a 67% improvement. Dhruva has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.6% of 284,439 all-time
15.36
signature single · City of Joy Open 2018
121
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×315.3621.68
top 25.6%3,361 / 20,018
2×25.637.31
top 46.8%4,467 / 12,146
Clock16.9619.58
top 55.3%478 / 1,092
Pyraminx10.5612.82
top 57.3%3,896 / 8,934
Skewb11.4217.75
top 63.1%1,845 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed44.2556.52
top 70.8%2,862 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves64 moves
early days — 1 solve582 / 600
4×43:08.72
early days — 1 solve3,899 / 4,186

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

Cubers East India Open 2016: 46.38Cubers East India Open 2017: 26.15City of Joy Open 2017: 23.77City of Joy Open 2018: 15.36IISER Mohali Cube Open 2022: 22.01Gurugram Autumn Cube Open 2024: 19.54Delhi Cube Challenge 2024: 20.3015.3646.389 Jan 20169 Nov 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.