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Uday Shankar

3×3 · top 35.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013SHAN08

Uday Shankar has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.48, set at Princeton Winter 2014, puts him in the top 35.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,927th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2013, he has put 33 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.02 in December 2013 to 18.48, a 34% improvement. Uday has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.6% of 284,439 all-time
18.48
signature single · Princeton Winter 2014
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.4821.23
top 35.6%19,927 / 59,724
2×25.386.10
top 44.0%17,733 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed36.9139.20
top 60.6%8,526 / 15,683

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

Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 28.02Princeton Winter 2014: 18.48Starlight Open 2014: 19.8418.4828.0214 Dec 20139 Aug 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.48 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.