People · New Zealand
Mantra Shukla
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016SHUK02
Mantra Shukla has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at A New Year in Auckland 2021, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in New Zealand. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2016, he has put 760 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.05 in July 2016 to 8.21, a 73% improvement. Mantra has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.99 | 5.15 | top 1.1% | 33 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 1.26 | 2.96 | top 1.2% | 48 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 9.27 | top 3.2% | 96 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 3.07 | 3.89 | top 5.3% | 50 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 38.89 | 41.66 | top 10.8% | 93 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.99 | 21.84 | top 15.1% | 96 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.89 | 1:25.19 | top 21.7% | 84 / 283 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.48 | 1:48.12 | top 31.9% | 112 / 355 | |
| Square-1 | 28.37 | 35.27 | top 46.4% | 135 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 92 / 111 | |
| Clock | 27.14 | 53.74 | top 80.5% | 267 / 303 |
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
- 8 Jan 2021Four personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2021.
- 14 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2018.
- 1 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Auckland Spring 2018.
- 23 Jun 2018Five personal bests in one day at SNZ Northern 2018.
- 8 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2017.
- 30 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Hamilton Spring 2017.
Competitions
- Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022 · 22 Jan 2022
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Auckland Summer Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019
- New Zealand Nationals 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SNZ Northern 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- NxNZ Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2017 · 8 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Hamilton Spring 2017 · 30 Sep 2017 — 9 personal bests set
- Techweek NZ 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2016 · 25 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Hamilton Winter 2016 · 31 Jul 2016
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.
- Tom Stanton-Barnett — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Cheng-Ru Yang — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- James Macdiarmid — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.