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Shaden Smith

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008SMIT01

Shaden Smith has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Dayton Blind 2011, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,260th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since May 2008, he has put 829 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.63 in May 2008 to 12.27, a 46% improvement. Shaden has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.13
signature single · Dayton Blind 2011
829
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.134.05
top 5.7%2,260 / 40,951
3×312.2715.20
top 14.8%7,925 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded1:55.002:51.55
top 31.7%652 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
early days — 1 solve738 / 2,040
4×458.961:06.53
top 35.4%5,694 / 19,072
5×51:52.662:09.69
top 44.5%3,650 / 9,401
Square-140.441:16.32
top 65.9%4,333 / 6,743
Pyraminx11.8321.82
top 66.1%19,551 / 28,708
Skewb12.3718.66
top 67.8%12,707 / 18,907
6×64:30.814:45.09
top 74.9%2,971 / 4,196
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 27:33—
early days — 2 solves659 / 731
4×4 blindfolded19:38.00—
early days — 2 solves381 / 440
7×78:06.099:24.93
top 89.0%2,867 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed1:12.131:21.01
top 89.9%13,732 / 15,683

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

Cincinnati Spring Open 2008: 22.63Cincinnati Summer Open 2008: 19.22Indiana Winter Open 2008: 16.40Ohio Open 2009: 16.44Motor City Open 2009: 16.19Indiana Summer Open 2009: 17.71Thankscubing Day 2009: 16.30Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 16.02Washington DC Open 2010: 16.40Chicago Open 2010: 15.72Indiana Winter 2010: 15.83Ohio Open 2010: 16.02Cat and Mouse 2010: 13.81United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.53Dayton Open 2010: 12.97Dayton Blind 2011: 13.71Ohio Open 2011: 12.96United States National Championships 2011: 15.36Winona Open 2013: 14.84World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 18.13Cubetcha 2013: 12.27US Nationals 2014: 14.22Cubetcha 2014: 16.25Lawrence Spring 2015: 15.34Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 15.58Dixon Summer 2015: 13.76Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 15.50Cubetcha 2015: 14.15Kansas City Cubing 2015: 15.75Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 13.38Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 16.21Cubetcha 2016: 16.33Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 16.6312.2722.6331 May 200810 Dec 2016

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.

  • Chester Lian — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Mike Hughey — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
  • John Brechon — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 18 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.