People · Australia
Dustin Shafer
3×3 · top 49.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SHAF03
Dustin Shafer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.67, set at Sydney Summer 2023, puts him in the top 49.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,232nd in Australia. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 98 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.09 in October 2022 to 23.67, a 38% improvement. Dustin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.67 | 26.97 | top 49.6% | 5,232 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 5.99 | 6.66 | top 50.9% | 4,112 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 10.96 | 18.83 | top 60.6% | 2,053 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.67 | 15.81 | top 65.1% | 3,963 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 28.64 | 30.79 | top 82.7% | 952 / 1,159 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 29.76 at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 16 Oct 2022First competition: Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022. A 38.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in Wollondilly 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Dilly 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022
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.
- Jad Smith — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Kirschner — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oscar Liang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.67 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.