People · India
Jaineel Nileshkumar Shah
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SHAH33
Jaineel Nileshkumar Shah has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 251st in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.37 in September 2022 to 8.76, a 55% improvement. Jaineel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 1.76 | 3.13 | top 3.4% | 251 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 8.76 | 9.91 | top 4.3% | 422 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.01 | 6.65 | top 13.2% | 770 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 52.08 | 54.20 | top 27.2% | 813 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.03 | 28.07 | top 34.3% | 1,248 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 14.32 | 16.31 | top 76.0% | 2,286 / 3,524 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.20 | 3:49.89 | top 79.4% | 976 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 4:11.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,325 / 1,525 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.76 at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Dubai Open 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dubai Open 2024.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Dubai Summer Open 2022. A 19.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ahmedabad Side Events 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Raffles World Academy Dubai 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dubai Summer Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rannanjay Singh Kotwal — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.