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Shikhar Pal

3×3 · top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014PALS01

Shikhar Pal has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.34, set at Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018, puts him in the top 22.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,847th in India. Across 4 competitions since April 2014, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.52 in April 2014 to 14.34, a 39% improvement. Shikhar has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.34
signature single · Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×314.3415.98
top 22.2%2,847 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed34.2736.51
top 55.9%2,191 / 4,516
4×41:27.851:37.81
top 62.0%2,152 / 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

Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 23.52Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 16.19Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 14.3414.3423.5212 Apr 201414 Apr 2018

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 2.34 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 4.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.