People · United States
Shiv Talwar
3×3 · top 28.5% of 288,433 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 28.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,850th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since July 2023, he has put 117 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 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 eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 28.5% | 15,850 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 15.56 | 17.54 | top 50.2% | 4,212 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 6.23 | 6.94 | top 53.3% | 22,126 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.18 | 15.73 | top 68.3% | 20,530 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.75 | 52.44 | top 73.6% | 10,798 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 17.07 | 25.74 | top 84.2% | 16,410 / 19,164 |
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
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Katie Hull — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,733 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.