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Shane Ball

3×3 · top 60.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009BALL01

Shane Ball has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.65, set at New Zealand Championships 2009, puts him in the top 60.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,283rd in New Zealand. Across 1 competition since July 2009, he has put 25 official solves on the record across five events.

3×3
best event — top 60.1% of 284,439 all-time
28.65
signature single · New Zealand Championships 2009
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×328.6538.92
top 60.1%1,283 / 2,095
4×41:58.612:35.17
top 81.1%581 / 722
5×54:36.665:17.21
top 95.3%341 / 355
2×222.4626.17
top 96.9%1,595 / 1,615
3×3 one-handed3:02.474:55.84
top 99.5%602 / 600

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 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 28.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.