People · United Kingdom
Niv Shah
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SHAH24
Niv Shah has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.41, set at Stevenage August 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 435th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 124 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.64 in July 2022 to 9.41, a 26% improvement. Niv 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.41 | 12.16 | top 5.9% | 435 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.82 | top 32.2% | 1,714 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.87 | 1:42.30 | top 49.7% | 1,069 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.39 | 36.31 | top 49.8% | 886 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.03 | — | top 64.0% | 791 / 1,151 |
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
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at Stevenage August 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage August 2024.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn A 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: Stevenage Summer 2022. A 12.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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.
- Chris Bonnello — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Murad Asgarov — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alexandru Boca — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.