People · United States
Yaani Shah
2×2 · top 10.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014SHAH06
Yaani Shah has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.61, set at Skillcon 2016, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,938th in the United States. Across 21 competitions since February 2014, he has put 430 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.62 in February 2014 to 11.70, an 82% improvement. Yaani has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 2.61 | 4.25 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.70 | 13.90 | top 12.8% | 6,885 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.02 | 8.07 | top 20.2% | 5,404 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 13.13 | top 23.2% | 3,722 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.57 | 28.59 | top 33.0% | 4,331 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 23.54 | 31.70 | top 35.9% | 2,332 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 59.82 | 1:05.67 | top 36.3% | 5,848 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.75 | — | top 62.5% | 4,739 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:00.83 | — | top 68.2% | 1,416 / 2,092 |
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
- 30 Jun 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Tallinn Open 2018.
- 11 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.40 at Northwest Championships 2017.
- 11 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Northwest Championships 2017.
- 17 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Skillcon 2016.
- 23 Jul 2016First sub-30 3×3: 27.57 at Atomic Cubing Summer 2016.
- 23 Jul 2016Five personal bests in one day at Atomic Cubing Summer 2016.
Competitions
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
- Central Washington Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Yakima Valley Cubing Fall 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tallinn Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Yakima Valley Cubing 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Skillcon 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Atomic Cubing Summer 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2015 · 19 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Thakur Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 15 Feb 2014
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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Shiloh D'Espyne — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kit Clement — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.