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Shiva Thadkamalla

3×3 · top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015THAD01

Shiva Thadkamalla has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.11, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 10.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,860th in the United States. Across 23 competitions since September 2015, he has put 469 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.73 in September 2015 to 11.11, a 65% improvement. Shiva has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.11
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
469
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.1114.42
top 10.8%5,860 / 59,724
4×442.1047.49
top 14.6%2,192 / 19,072
2×23.085.00
top 15.2%5,943 / 40,951
5×51:17.571:22.52
top 17.2%1,338 / 9,401
7×73:33.243:40.60
top 20.9%591 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves48.67
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
6×62:41.882:45.13
top 31.8%1,126 / 4,196
Skewb6.889.81
top 32.7%5,474 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed27.8932.89
top 41.7%5,589 / 15,683
Pyraminx9.1912.33
top 46.5%13,372 / 28,708
Square-129.5133.46
top 48.5%3,157 / 6,743
Clock15.5418.95
top 50.1%4,084 / 8,927

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

Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 31.73Virginia Open Fall 2015: 31.80Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 20.92Virginia Open Spring 2016: 16.92Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 19.92NovaCube 2017: 21.94TJHSST Spring 2025: 14.95More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 14.49Virginia Championship 2025: 12.77Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025: 15.64Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 12.85UMBC Fall 2025: 13.58River Hill Fall 2025: 13.03Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 11.69UMBC Winter 2026: 13.69Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 14.25TJHSST Winter 2026: 13.37Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 11.39Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 12.14Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 11.1111.1131.8026 Sep 201514 Aug 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.