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Valentin Shum

3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016SHUM02

Valentin Shum has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.88, set at Welcome to Brest 2018, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 138th in Belarus. Across 2 competitions since August 2016, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.99 in August 2016 to 14.88, a 55% improvement. Valentin has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.88
signature single · Welcome to Brest 2018
53
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelarus
3×314.8816.87
top 24.0%138 / 748
Skewb6.529.27
top 29.9%70 / 253
Pyraminx7.668.91
top 33.4%142 / 413
2×25.386.55
top 44.0%217 / 532
Square-135.6441.69
top 59.5%40 / 70

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

Full Steps in Brest 2016: 32.99Welcome to Brest 2018: 14.8814.8832.996 Aug 201628 Jul 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.88 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.