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Ishan Shah

2×2 · top 22.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010SHAH03

Ishan Shah has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.69, set at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,954th in India. Across 12 competitions since February 2010, he has put 386 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.44 in February 2010 to 17.12, a 70% improvement. Ishan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.69
signature single · Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014
386
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×23.698.17
top 22.6%1,954 / 12,146
3×317.1221.32
top 31.4%4,243 / 20,018
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves
early days — 3 solves252 / 600
3×3 one-handed33.4241.95
top 54.2%2,113 / 4,516
4×41:23.921:29.55
top 59.0%2,050 / 4,186
Pyraminx11.1716.38
top 61.8%4,262 / 8,934
5×52:23.512:38.38
top 62.8%817 / 1,525
Megaminx3:23.444:10.02
top 81.8%1,015 / 1,443
6×65:18.965:42.37
top 84.9%443 / 531
7×77:41.328:23.03
top 86.1%307 / 360
3×3 blindfolded7:34.17
top 93.8%548 / 598
Clock42.3057.88
top 94.4%979 / 1,092
Skewb1:26.00
early days — 1 solve3,543 / 3,524

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

Mumbai Open 2010: 57.44Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 22.22Mumbai Open 2012: 24.65DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 19.43Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 21.86DJ Open 2013: 17.68Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 17.12Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 20.93Indian Nationals 2014: 20.06SCMU KJSCE Open 2015: 20.58SCMU 2016: 25.9817.1257.446 Feb 201017 Jun 2016

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.