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Emerson Shawara

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SHAW03

Emerson Shawara has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 367th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2018, he has put 391 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.10 in August 2018 to 9.91, a 51% improvement. Emerson has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.14
signature single · Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020
391
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.143.64
top 5.7%367 / 7,173
3×39.9110.87
top 7.2%675 / 10,392
Skewb3.816.75
top 9.6%205 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed18.9430.19
top 17.6%382 / 2,620
4×446.8749.74
top 20.6%521 / 3,118
5×51:29.821:35.46
top 27.2%327 / 1,499
Pyraminx7.0810.86
top 28.5%1,234 / 4,858
Megaminx1:45.162:02.95
top 37.6%393 / 1,375
Square-125.7334.61
top 40.8%356 / 952
7×74:49.735:16.73
early days — 3 solves199 / 503
6×63:33.97
early days — 2 solves313 / 665

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

Canada's Best in the West 2018: 20.10Edmonton New Year 2019: 16.62Canada's Wild West 2019: 16.32Foothills Final Fight 2019: 12.92Sherwood Park Summer 2019: 12.76Strathcona 2019: 11.66Solved Central Alberta 2019: 12.60Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020: 11.11Spruce Grove Summer 2022: 9.91Rockies Rager Fall 2022: 10.54Sylvan Solves 2022: 11.09Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 10.74Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023: 9.929.9120.1024 Aug 201828 Jan 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.