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Shantanu Nathan

3×3 one-handed · top 18.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012NATH02

Shantanu Nathan has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 19.26, set at Tathva Cube Open 2014, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 645th in India. Across 6 competitions since October 2012, he has put 194 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.91 in October 2012 to 13.68, a 14% improvement. Shantanu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 18.5% of 73,695 all-time
19.26
signature single · Tathva Cube Open 2014
194
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed19.2623.63
top 18.5%645 / 4,516
3×313.6815.51
top 19.8%2,500 / 20,018
2×23.695.95
top 22.6%1,954 / 12,146
4×41:01.241:11.04
top 37.8%1,202 / 4,186

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 15.91Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 16.02Tathva Cube Open 2014: 14.79Tathva Cube Open 2015: 13.68Tathva Cube Open 2016: 14.65Drishti Cube Open 2017: 13.9013.6816.026 Oct 201219 Mar 2017

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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.26 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.