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Shane Costello

3×3 · top 44.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018COST02

Shane Costello has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.72, set at Penn Cube Day Winter 2018, puts him in the top 44.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,743rd in the United States. Across 1 competition since February 2018, he has put 10 official solves on the record across four events.

3×3
best event — top 44.7% of 284,439 all-time
21.72
signature single · Penn Cube Day Winter 2018
10
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.7224.34
top 44.7%25,743 / 59,724
5×52:14.96
early days — 2 solves4,961 / 9,401
4×41:27.89
early days — 2 solves10,843 / 19,072
7×76:59.52
early days — 1 solve2,513 / 3,184

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
  • A sub-2:00 5×5 single — 20,087 people have one; it is 14.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.