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Palak Shah

3×3 · top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018SHAH02

Palak Shah has been competing for 9 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.93, set at Dream City Cube Open 2019, puts her in the top 70.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,477th in India. Across 3 competitions since January 2018, she has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 43.86 in January 2018 to 34.93, a 20% improvement. Palak has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time
34.93
signature single · Dream City Cube Open 2019
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×334.9343.54
top 70.4%11,477 / 20,018
Pyraminx17.9219.50
top 89.7%7,196 / 8,934
2×223.7628.79
top 97.4%11,353 / 12,146

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

Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 43.86Polyhedra Open 2018: 38.66Dream City Cube Open 2019: 34.9334.9343.8627 Jan 20183 Nov 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.93 away.
  • A sub-15 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 2.92 away.

Targets move as she improves.