People · United States
Tanay Shrivastav
2×2 · top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017SHRI05
Tanay Shrivastav has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,709th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2017, he has put 318 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.80 in August 2017 to 11.23, a 43% improvement. Tanay has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.09 | top 9.4% | 3,709 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.23 | 12.96 | top 11.2% | 6,065 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.08 | 20.37 | top 15.3% | 1,974 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 17.98 | 22.94 | top 23.3% | 1,543 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 10.22 | top 24.8% | 6,765 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.10 | 1:19.02 | top 41.9% | 6,873 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.92 | 13.52 | top 47.9% | 8,506 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,251 / 2,040 |
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
- 26 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Winter 2018.
- 30 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018.
- 9 Jun 2018Six personal bests in one day at Dallas Fort Worth 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Spring Forward 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Spring Forward 2018.
- 26 Aug 2017First competition: Wake Up Late 2017. A 19.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022
- Dallas Winter 2018 · 26 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fiesta July 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Dallas Fort Worth 2018 · 9 Jun 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Spring Forward 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Parity for Charity 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Wake Up Late 2017 · 26 Aug 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Pranav Veera — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mahith Bandi — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.