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Shaharica Balu

3×3 · top 89.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017BALU01

Shaharica Balu has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 56.15, set at CubeHub Open 2017, puts her in the top 89.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,849th in India. Across 2 competitions since March 2017, she has put 16 official solves on the record across two events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.68 in March 2017 to 56.15, an 18% improvement. Shaharica has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 89.8% of 284,439 all-time
56.15
signature single · CubeHub Open 2017
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×356.151:06.72
top 89.8%15,849 / 20,018
4×43:58.93
early days — 1 solve4,068 / 4,186

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

Inquivesta Cube Open 2017: 1:08.68CubeHub Open 2017: 56.1556.151:08.684 Mar 201711 Nov 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 6.15 away.
  • A sub-3:00 4×4 single — 80,930 people have one; it is 58.93 away.

Targets move as she improves.