People · United States
Vihaan Shah
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025SHAH30
Vihaan Shah has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.45, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,827th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2025, he has put 158 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.93 in August 2025 to 10.45, a 38% improvement. Vihaan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.45 | 12.28 | top 8.8% | 4,827 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 4.05 | top 14.5% | 5,677 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 9.91 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.80 | 1:08.60 | top 37.3% | 6,029 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.50 | 30.63 | top 38.1% | 5,056 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 11.66 | top 43.9% | 7,705 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.25 | 2:24.80 | top 53.3% | 4,003 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 17.19 | 24.39 | top 56.1% | 4,659 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:03.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,762 / 6,743 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.45 at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025First competition: CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025. A 21.62 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.93 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Gabe Erickson — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Walker Welch — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tyler Robinson — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.