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Shaya Panahi (شایا پناهی)

3×3 · top 24.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014PANA01

Shaya Panahi (شایا پناهی) has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.98, set at Iran Open 2017, puts him in the top 24.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in Iran. Across 6 competitions since April 2014, he has put 60 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 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.15 in April 2014 to 14.98, a 66% improvement. Shaya has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.4% of 284,439 all-time
14.98
signature single · Iran Open 2017
60
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIran
3×314.9818.99
top 24.4%328 / 1,569
2×23.936.97
top 25.6%200 / 856
Pyraminx9.5813.84
top 49.7%216 / 500
3×3 one-handed35.481:06.74
top 58.1%207 / 298
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves51.33
early days — 3 solves34 / 55
Skewb12.8323.41
top 69.9%95 / 152

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

CubeComp I Iran 2014: 44.15Iran Open 2016: 25.89Iran Grand Prix 2016: 19.47Iran Nationals 2016: 20.97Iran Open 2017: 14.9814.9844.1517 Apr 201416 Feb 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.