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Shivam Dubey
Skewb · top 4.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017DUBE02
Shivam Dubey has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at Bangalore Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 105th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2017, he has put 580 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.68 in March 2017 to 10.89, a 42% improvement. Shivam has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.93 | 4.57 | top 4.7% | 105 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 10.89 | 11.99 | top 10.1% | 1,160 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.81 | 6.85 | top 12.0% | 704 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.95 | 21.47 | top 17.7% | 605 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 51.23 | 1:01.95 | top 26.2% | 775 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 4.35 | 5.20 | top 31.0% | 2,735 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.85 | 2:15.26 | top 50.6% | 584 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.47 | — | top 65.0% | 847 / 1,525 |
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
- 11 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Open 2019.
- 12 May 2019Six personal bests in one day at Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Championship 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017.
- 11 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017.
- 10 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Raipur Cube Challenge 2017.
Competitions
- Karnataka Cube Open April 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Side Events Bangalore Feb 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024
- IISER Pune Winter Open 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mor Raipur Cubing Challenge 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Raipur 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Independence Cube Open 2019 · 11 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Raipur Summer Cube Open 2019 · 12 May 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Enginerds Cube Open 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bengaluru Championship 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Challenge 2017 · 10 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open April 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017
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.
- Akula Pavan Kumar — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Somya Srivastava — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.