People · India
Manvik Shankar
3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018SHAN22
Manvik Shankar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.00, set at Hyderabad Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,176th in India. Across 2 competitions since December 2018, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.41 in December 2018 to 5.88, a 64% improvement. Manvik has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.00 | 19.61 | top 31.0% | 4,176 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 5.88 | 7.25 | top 49.6% | 4,801 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.24 | 21.83 | top 78.9% | 5,897 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 3:01.08 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,852 / 4,186 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Aug 2023First sub-30 3×3: 17.00 at Hyderabad Cube Open 2023.
- 11 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.00 at Hyderabad Cube Open 2023.
- 1 Dec 2018First competition: Bengaluru Winter Open 2018. A 38.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Winter Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
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.
- Lakshmi Sai Srivatsa — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Arihant Jain (ಅರಿಹಂತ್ ಜೈನ) — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead once
- Naren Ramesh — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.