People · Australia
Eddy Shao
Megaminx · top 4.0% of 34,786 all-time · competing since June 2012 · 2012SHAO01
Eddy Shao has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.52, set at Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Australia. Until January 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2012, he has put 243 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.88 in June 2012 to 10.10, a 67% improvement. Eddy has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 47.52 | 57.58 | top 4.0% | 55 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 11.93 | top 7.8% | 714 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.71 | 4.79 | top 22.8% | 1,751 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.08 | 23.58 | top 23.5% | 531 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 49.66 | 57.33 | top 24.3% | 610 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.40 | 1:52.53 | top 32.6% | 439 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.25 | 11.64 | top 38.3% | 2,057 / 5,993 | |
| 6×6 | 3:59.64 | — | top 65.3% | 405 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 6:18.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 344 / 523 | |
| Square-1 | 1:31.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 883 / 899 |
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
- 21 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022.
- 11 Dec 2016Five personal bests in one day at Nanchang Winter 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.59 at Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016.
- 18 Jan 2014Four personal bests in one day at Canberra Summer 2014.
- 7 Sep 2013First sub-30 3×3: 16.63 at Australian Nationals 2013.
Competitions
- Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Big Cubes Day 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Even Better Sydney Gathering 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Nanchang Winter 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Guangzhou Rubik's Cube Days 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2014 · 16 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Summer 2014 · 18 Jan 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2013 · 7 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Winter 2012 · 30 Jun 2012
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.
- Jayden McNeill — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bryan Eng — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jolina Chen — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 7.52 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.