People · India
Purab Shah
2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SHAH10
Purab Shah has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.68, set at Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 217th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2019, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.68 in March 2019 to 1.68, a 64% improvement. Purab has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.68 | 4.34 | top 3.0% | 217 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 4.85 | top 5.2% | 299 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 13.95 | 18.12 | top 20.8% | 2,625 / 20,018 | |
| Clock | 17.17 | 22.19 | top 56.0% | 488 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.27 | 59.99 | top 77.0% | 3,161 / 4,516 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Feb 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at Oculus Cube Open 2020.
- 1 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2020.
- 10 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.47 at Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019.
- 10 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019.
- 9 Mar 2019First competition: RGIT Cube Open 2019. A 22.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Dream City Cube Open 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- VES Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- RGIT Cube Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aayush Shah — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.