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Shantanu Walke

3×3 · top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010WALK01

Shantanu Walke has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.21, set at DJ Speedcubing Open 2011, puts him in the top 55.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,446th in India. Across 6 competitions since June 2010, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.03 in June 2010 to 26.21, a 48% improvement. Shantanu has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time
26.21
signature single · DJ Speedcubing Open 2011
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×326.2130.83
top 55.2%8,446 / 20,018
3×3 blindfolded5:51.25
early days — 2 solves476 / 598
4×42:21.133:24.07
top 89.4%3,395 / 4,186
Square-11:21.651:54.65
top 93.3%701 / 805
Pyraminx30.49
early days — 2 solves8,561 / 8,934
5×58:19.36
early days — 2 solves1,522 / 1,525

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

Mumbai Rubik's Cube Challenge 2010: 50.03Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 37.96Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 38.38DJ Speedcubing Open 2011: 26.21Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 32.12National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 29.6826.2150.0318 Jun 201024 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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
  • A sub-5:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 9,682 people have one; it is 51.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.