People · United States
Nihaar Shah
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015SHAH15
Nihaar Shah has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Ridge Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,251st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2015, he has put 290 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.83 in April 2015 to 8.62, a 71% improvement. Nihaar has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 10.20 | top 4.0% | 2,251 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 3.77 | top 11.5% | 4,506 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 9.20 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.67 | 1:16.06 | top 48.5% | 8,099 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.36 | 16.36 | top 50.9% | 9,119 / 18,907 |
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
- 17 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018.
- 13 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Big Cube Bash 2017.
- 22 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2016.
- 21 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Big Apple Spring 2016.
- 21 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Big Apple Spring 2016.
- 31 Jul 2015First sub-20 3×3: 17.16 at US Nationals 2015.
Competitions
- Skewbadelphia Winter 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Goodman — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eva Kato — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.