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Sheldon Rego
6×6 · top 0.38% of 17,510 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016REGO01
Sheldon Rego has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 6×6: a personal-best single of 1:17.10, set at Mumbai Twistathon 2025, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 17,510 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in India. Until May 2018, no official 6×6 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 41 competitions since February 2016, he has put 2,058 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.85 in February 2016 to 7.91, a 79% improvement. Sheldon has entered 41 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6×6 | 1:17.10 | 1:24.59 | top 0.38% | 3 / 531 | |
| Skewb | 1.69 | 4.44 | top 0.71% | 9 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 46.31 | 50.04 | top 0.88% | 10 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 26.39 | 30.85 | top 1.1% | 28 / 4,186 | |
| 7×7 | 2:09.06 | 2:16.29 | top 1.1% | 4 / 360 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.06 | 4.98 | top 1.3% | 65 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.60 | 3.15 | top 2.6% | 196 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 7.91 | 8.84 | top 2.6% | 245 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.82 | 17.06 | top 5.8% | 175 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 7.91 | 10.34 | top 14.8% | 120 / 1,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.85 | 1:14.97 | top 15.5% | 143 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 15.01 | 17.70 | top 16.5% | 105 / 805 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 40.67 | top 33.6% | 139 / 600 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 331 / 598 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 25 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Brussels Big Cubes Open 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2023.
- 28 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Winter Open 2022.
- 1 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2020.
- 27 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- Palais'10Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Chevry Miel 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Strossburi Open 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SCU II: Double-Scoop of FMC 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Polytechnique Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Evanston Summer Big Cubes 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- French Championship 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Brussels Big Cubes Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Chelles Open 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mumbai Winter Open 2022 · 28 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Massy Palais'Open B 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2019 · 27 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Dream City Cube Open 2019 · 3 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018 · 28 Dec 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 8 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Versatile Cube Open 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- RGIT Cube Open 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2018 · 18 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC Asia 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Polyhedra Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016 · 23 Dec 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2016 · 12 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU Open 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 326 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
- Mohammed Aiman Koli — met in 250 rounds, finished ahead 133 times
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 234 rounds, finished ahead 82 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 6×6 single — 2 people have one; it is 17.10 away.
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.