Luckiest shiny hunts?

CoalMiner26

While trying to get shiny Carbink in Pokemon Violet, the first time I enter the Carbink cave, the shiny was right there. Luckiest moment of my (short) live.

Glazedglazzma

Shiny Cyndaquill in HG for only 160ish resets

XOPY92

Felt like doing starter litten soft resets in ultra sun while watching a content creator that likes the pokemon absol a lot (props to you if you know who he is)

...and ended up getting it in only 9 soft resets.

She's an incineroar now, here's a picture for proof

Acornyo

@XOPY92 What makes this rarer is the fact that there is about a 30% chance for any starter Pokemon to be a girl.