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Eli Shin

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SHIN04

Eli Shin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Washington Championship 2020, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,363rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2018, he has put 166 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.48 in February 2018 to 9.90, a 63% improvement. Eli has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.78
signature single · Washington Championship 2020
166
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.784.84
top 3.5%1,363 / 40,951
3×39.9013.03
top 7.2%3,946 / 59,724
Skewb4.387.00
top 13.6%2,104 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.286.66
top 14.9%3,911 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed28.4738.83
top 43.0%5,803 / 15,683
Megaminx3:04.70
top 76.0%5,947 / 7,841

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

Puget Sound Valentine 2018: 26.48Puget Sound Spring 2018: 20.84SnoCo Fall 2018: 16.99Puget Sound NxNxN 2018: 18.85West Seattle Favorites 2019: 10.85SnoCo Feet Fest 2019: 12.17Puget Sound Spring 2019: 12.16Puget Sound Fall 2019: 11.72SnoCo Fall 2019: 12.00Washington Championship 2020: 9.909.9026.4817 Feb 201824 Jan 2020

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.