People · South Africa
Shahil Jiten Ranchod
3×3 · top 23.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025RANC02
Shahil Jiten Ranchod has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.61, set at Menlo Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 23.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 291st in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 73 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.73 in March 2025 to 14.61, a 51% improvement. Shahil has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.61 | 17.86 | top 23.1% | 291 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 12.44 | top 27.6% | 213 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 5.01 | top 33.4% | 351 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 10.44 | 17.95 | top 57.7% | 223 / 438 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 15.99 at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.61 at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Menlo Cubing Open 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025. A 29.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Dhiren Callister Nair — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Marike Faught — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Albert Kruger — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.