People · United States
Shah Haq
2×2 · top 4.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HAQS01
Shah Haq has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Lodi Solves Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,705th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, he has put 328 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.41 in April 2022 to 10.63, a 48% improvement. Shah has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 4.02 | top 4.3% | 1,705 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.63 | 14.78 | top 9.4% | 5,106 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.09 | 10.25 | top 28.6% | 7,901 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.40 | 10.78 | top 36.7% | 6,272 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.18 | 1:11.70 | top 38.8% | 6,303 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.88 | 31.20 | top 39.0% | 5,195 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 14.87 | 16.96 | top 47.4% | 3,837 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 31.00 | 51.33 | top 51.2% | 3,354 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.34 | 3:30.99 | top 63.6% | 5,512 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,082 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 6:11.75 | 6:56.09 | early days — 3 solves | 3,822 / 4,196 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.63 at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.86 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026
- New Providence Spring AM 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow AM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Darrington — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ayden Dincher — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.