People · United States
Hersh Shrivastava
3×3 one-handed · top 2.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010SHRI02
Hersh Shrivastava has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.77, set at Penn Cube Day Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 428th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2010, he has put 467 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.44 in November 2010 to 8.20, a 73% improvement. Hersh has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.77 | 14.59 | top 2.7% | 428 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 10.24 | top 3.1% | 1,788 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 37.10 | 45.52 | top 8.8% | 1,325 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.17 | top 21.3% | 8,333 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.43 | 1:34.69 | top 28.5% | 2,239 / 9,401 |
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
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Spring 2019.
- 12 Jan 2013First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Monmouth County Open 2013.
- 12 Jan 2013Three personal bests in one day at Monmouth County Open 2013.
- 24 Sep 2011Three personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2011.
- 14 May 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.65 at Park Ridge Open 2011.
- 14 May 2011Three personal bests in one day at Park Ridge Open 2011.
Competitions
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013
- Monmouth County Open 2013 · 12 Jan 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2012 · 15 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Captain's Cove competition 2012 · 26 May 2012
- Newark Head to Head 2012 · 25 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Bridgewater Open 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Park Ridge Open 2011 · 14 May 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2010 · 18 Dec 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010
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.
- Justin Mallari — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kian Barry — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Zach Goldman — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.