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Meridian Mystery Shanklin
Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SHAN04
Meridian Mystery Shanklin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 359th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2022, he has put 232 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.08 in May 2022 to 2.09, a 70% improvement. Meridian 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.09 | 3.88 | top 1.3% | 359 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 10.93 | top 5.4% | 3,082 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.38 | top 11.7% | 4,702 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 43.81 | 48.33 | top 16.9% | 2,584 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.80 | 22.27 | top 17.3% | 2,269 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.68 | 1:40.12 | top 25.6% | 2,020 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 14.77 | 17.68 | top 47.0% | 3,900 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.55 | 2:57.16 | top 59.7% | 4,594 / 8,026 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025.
- 10 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at ODU Big Blue Spring 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2023.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Country Roads Huntington 2022. A 13.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Michael Nielsen — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rue Clippinger — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Alex Pham — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.