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Forte Shinko

2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009SHIN02

Forte Shinko has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Waterloo Open Fall 2012, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since August 2009, he has put 920 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.90 in August 2009 to 9.63, a 56% improvement. Forte has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.66
signature single · Waterloo Open Fall 2012
920
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.662.87
top 2.9%188 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed13.6115.74
top 5.4%118 / 2,620
3×39.6310.56
top 6.4%614 / 10,392
Square-113.5216.18
top 13.0%102 / 952
3×3 blindfolded1:44.02—
top 28.1%94 / 351
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 3 solves106 / 283
5×51:49.962:10.78
top 42.6%538 / 1,499
Pyraminx9.6510.36
top 50.2%2,403 / 4,858
Clock16.5619.07
top 53.9%491 / 1,029
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 21:28—
early days — 1 solve99 / 112
Megaminx3:49.90—
early days — 2 solves1,140 / 1,375
4×43:06.36—
early days — 1 solve3,013 / 3,118

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

US Nationals 2009: 21.90Vancouver Open 2009: 16.75Canadian Open 2009: 19.88MIT Fall 2009: 19.52Vancouver Open 2010: 13.41United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 14.05Toronto Open Summer 2010: 12.19Toronto Open Fall 2010: 11.93Toronto Open Winter 2011: 12.63Toronto Open Spring 2011: 12.25United States National Championships 2011: 12.25Canadian Open 2011: 11.68Vancouver Summer 2011: 10.53National Capital Region 2012: 9.81Vancouver Open Summer 2012: 10.71Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 10.16Toronto Open Winter 2013: 10.61National Capital Region 2013: 10.41Canadian Open 2013: 10.06World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 9.63Battle of Waterloo 2013: 10.75Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 10.63Canadian Open 2015: 10.469.6321.9014 Aug 20096 Jun 2015

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 0.66 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.