People · United States
Shiv Talwar
3×3 · top 28.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023TALW01
Shiv Talwar has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.19, set at Sowega Solving 2023, puts him in the top 28.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,551st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.90 in July 2023 to 16.19, a 44% improvement. Shiv has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.19 | 20.65 | top 28.4% | 15,551 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 15.60 | 21.23 | top 50.3% | 4,101 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 6.72 | 6.94 | top 58.1% | 23,798 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.18 | 15.73 | top 68.3% | 20,201 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.75 | 52.44 | top 73.5% | 10,647 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 17.07 | 25.74 | top 84.2% | 16,177 / 18,907 |
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
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.80 at Cuber Jackets Fall 2023.
- 9 Jul 2023First competition: Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023. A 28.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sowega Solving 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cuber Jackets Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023 · 9 Jul 2023
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.
- Raymond Goslow — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.