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Abhinav Pomalapally
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015POMA01
Abhinav Pomalapally has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at SSN Cube Open 2016, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,334th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2015, he has put 187 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 10.75 in February 2015 to 2.44, a 77% improvement. Abhinav has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.39 | 5.08 | top 5.0% | 1,334 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.97 | top 8.4% | 3,340 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 7.00 | top 14.0% | 2,203 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 14.98 | 19.16 | top 24.5% | 13,482 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.52 | 1:09.59 | top 42.4% | 7,064 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.30 | 42.68 | top 54.1% | 7,607 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,770 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,673 / 2,059 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.98 at Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019.
- 24 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at St. Francis II: GYM 2016.
- 7 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 17.92 at Cubing at SkillCon 2015.
- 7 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at SkillCon 2015.
- 11 Oct 2015First sub-30 3×3: 24.35 at Irvine Fall 2015.
- 1 Feb 2015First competition: St. Francis Winter Open 2015. A 56.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2017 · 11 Feb 2017
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015
- Cubing at SkillCon 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015
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.
- Michael Young — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Andrew Nathenson — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.