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Owen Shi

Pyraminx · top 34.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SHIO01

Owen Shi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.78, set at MIT Spring 2016, puts him in the top 34.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,702nd in the United States. Across 11 competitions since January 2016, he has put 150 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.17 in January 2016 to 18.94, a 41% improvement. Owen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 34.4% of 129,321 all-time
7.78
signature single · MIT Spring 2016
150
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx7.7810.86
top 34.4%9,702 / 28,708
3×318.9422.27
top 36.9%20,793 / 59,724
2×26.789.75
top 58.6%24,018 / 40,951
Skewb10.6613.66
top 58.9%10,809 / 18,907
4×41:38.21
early days — 2 solves12,411 / 19,072

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

Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 32.17Weston Spring 2016: 30.59MIT Spring 2016: 21.96Big Apple Spring 2016: 26.08Lexington Summer 2016: 24.94Quabbin Open 2016: 28.73Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 30.31Weston Spring 2017: 23.82Quabbin Spring 2017: 20.39Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 21.53Lexington Summer 2017: 18.9418.9432.179 Jan 20161 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Connor Reid — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Alex Cohen — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Luke Galioto — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.