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Ishayu Shikhare

2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015SHIK02

Ishayu Shikhare has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2015, he has put 48 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.64 in July 2015 to 19.65, a 63% improvement. Ishayu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.58
signature single · Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.584.91
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.399.23
top 15.7%4,131 / 28,708
3×319.6522.61
top 38.9%22,019 / 59,724

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

BASC 7 2015: 52.64Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 40.83Berkeley Spring 2016: 29.11Berkeley Summer 2016: 20.02Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 22.17Armin Open 2017: 19.6519.6552.6411 Jul 201521 Jan 2017

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.

  • An Le — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Jacob Posner — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Milo Jacquet — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.