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Jiyu Shin

3×3 · top 35.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022SHIN15

Jiyu Shin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.53, set at Queensland Open 2024, puts him in the top 35.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,016th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.63 in December 2022 to 18.53, a 40% improvement. Jiyu has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.53
signature single · Queensland Open 2024
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.5322.17
top 35.7%20,016 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.4614.16
top 40.2%11,505 / 28,708
Skewb8.7615.24
top 46.8%8,285 / 18,907
4×41:13.821:27.63
top 50.5%8,527 / 19,072
2×26.508.27
top 55.9%22,881 / 40,951
5×52:58.37
early days — 2 solves7,008 / 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

Rocky Top 2022: 30.63Queensland Open 2024: 18.53CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 20.5918.5330.633 Dec 202212 Oct 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.53 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.