People · India
Ishan Shibu
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019SHIB01
Ishan Shibu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Raha Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 264th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2019, he has put 114 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.82 in April 2019 to 10.86, a 60% improvement. Ishan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 4.69 | top 3.5% | 264 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 10.86 | 12.80 | top 10.1% | 1,145 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 50.52 | 53.63 | top 25.4% | 748 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.54 | 10.32 | top 40.9% | 2,640 / 8,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.97 | 2:12.25 | top 51.0% | 664 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:09.67 | 5:17.57 | early days — 3 solves | 436 / 598 |
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
- 21 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Raha Open 2023.
- 16 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.07 at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 16 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.07 at Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022.
- 19 Apr 2019First competition: Sharjah Open 2019. A 26.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sunmarke Dubai Open 2022 · 16 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharjah Open 2019 · 19 Apr 2019
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.
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Mihir Narayan — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ali Alshamsi — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.