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Shakil Ahmad

3×3 · top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011AHMA02

Shakil Ahmad has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.08, set at Dubai Open 2016, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,236th in India. Across 16 competitions since October 2011, he has put 489 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.33 in October 2011 to 11.08, a 53% improvement. Shakil has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.7% of 284,439 all-time
11.08
signature single · Dubai Open 2016
489
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×311.0815.35
top 10.7%1,236 / 20,018
2×23.145.02
top 15.9%1,327 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed19.1322.03
top 18.2%628 / 4,516
4×457.031:07.76
top 33.1%1,027 / 4,186
Pyraminx8.8411.87
top 43.4%2,821 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves
early days — 2 solves225 / 600
5×52:36.682:45.33
top 68.9%928 / 1,525
Megaminx2:50.613:21.08
top 70.5%840 / 1,443
Skewb28.3250.41
top 96.5%3,234 / 3,524

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

4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 23.33Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 18.34Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 15.38Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 15.69CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 12.71Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 15.25Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 13.92Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 13.92CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 13.65Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 12.71C3 Cube Open 2014: 14.37VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 13.89Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 13.59PB Smashathon 2015: 13.99Dubai Open 2016: 11.0811.0823.331 Oct 201113 May 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.14 away.

Targets move as he improves.