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Shane Harrington

Pyraminx · top 7.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013HARR02

Shane Harrington has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.05, set at US Nationals 2014, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,028th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2013, he has put 260 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in April 2013 to 12.28, a 26% improvement. Shane has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 7.9% of 129,321 all-time
4.05
signature single · US Nationals 2014
260
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.055.55
top 7.9%2,028 / 28,708
3×312.2814.02
top 14.9%7,948 / 59,724
Skewb5.4810.75
top 21.8%3,480 / 18,907
2×23.796.03
top 23.8%9,332 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.4727.42
top 24.5%3,151 / 15,683
4×41:06.481:10.03
top 43.4%7,149 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded2:33.09
early days — 3 solves944 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 2 solves1,251 / 2,040
5×52:25.722:41.98
top 63.8%5,536 / 9,401

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

Cornell Open Spring 2013: 16.55CCFC Fall 2013: 14.32Yale Fall 2013: 15.44Lexington Fall 2013: 14.13CCFC Winter 2014: 12.94Williams Winter 2014: 12.28Yale Spring 2014: 13.50Cornell Open Spring 2014: 14.37US Nationals 2014: 14.2512.2816.556 Apr 20131 Aug 2014

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.