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Edwin Shum

3×3 · top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SHUM01

Edwin Shum has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.09, set at Cerritos Open 2017, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,477th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.28 in April 2016 to 14.09, a 39% improvement. Edwin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.09
signature single · Cerritos Open 2017
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0914.86
top 21.3%11,477 / 59,724
2×26.159.04
top 52.4%21,390 / 40,951
4×42:18.40
early days — 2 solves16,863 / 19,072

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

St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 23.28Poly Cubed 2016: 22.73Nisei Week 2016: 17.17Caltech Winter 2017: 14.47Qualifornia 2017: 15.13Cerritos Open 2017: 14.0914.0923.2824 Apr 201627 May 2017

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.09 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.