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Kalpak Shah

3×3 · top 73.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011SHAH05

Kalpak Shah has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 37.19, set at Bombay Open 2013, puts him in the top 73.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,080th in India. Across 3 competitions since July 2011, he has put 20 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.05 in July 2011 to 37.19, a 36% improvement. Kalpak has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 73.5% of 284,439 all-time
37.19
signature single · Bombay Open 2013
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×337.1951.15
top 73.5%12,080 / 20,018
2×224.77
early days — 2 solves11,445 / 12,146
4×44:38.45
early days — 1 solve4,140 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed3:10.96
early days — 2 solves4,477 / 4,516

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

Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 58.05Bombay Open 2013: 37.19Mumbai Open 2014: 44.1837.1958.059 Jul 201128 Dec 2014

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.19 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 4.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.