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Abhishek Sathyanarayanan

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SATH01

Abhishek Sathyanarayanan has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.29, set at Cubing ATMOSphere 2016, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 90th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2012, he has put 2,037 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.12 in October 2012 to 8.40, a 64% improvement. Abhishek has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.29
signature single · Cubing ATMOSphere 2016
2,037
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.293.74
top 1.3%90 / 12,146
3×38.4010.31
top 3.5%341 / 20,018
4×431.5035.21
top 3.8%88 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed13.5320.63
top 5.3%163 / 4,516
Pyraminx3.646.20
top 6.0%345 / 8,934
5×51:11.911:21.53
top 13.0%148 / 1,525
Skewb4.397.84
top 13.7%369 / 3,524
Megaminx1:13.511:19.32
top 17.7%169 / 1,443
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves36.67
top 30.0%124 / 600
6×62:45.592:55.66
top 33.8%137 / 531
3×3 blindfolded2:16.72—
top 38.9%179 / 598
7×74:36.415:08.45
top 43.3%136 / 360
Clock22.0229.02
top 70.2%650 / 1,092
Square-155.831:09.73
top 80.9%580 / 805
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 13:10—
early days — 1 solve158 / 168

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 23.12CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 13.96Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 11.54VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 12.73Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 12.07Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 11.01Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 11.17SpringSpree RubiMania 2014: 11.41Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 9.62Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 10.69VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 10.77Cubing ATMOSphere 2014: 11.38Indian Nationals 2015: 10.13Cubing ATMOSphere 2015: 10.92Cubing ATMOSphere 2016: 10.75P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017: 9.87P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 9.40Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 10.32Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 8.97Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 11.32Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 9.25Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 9.60Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 9.76Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018: 9.90Raipur Cube Championship 2018: 9.37Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 9.07KK Charity Cube Open 2018: 8.68Geethanjali Cube Open 2019: 9.47Indian Nationals 2019: 10.03Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 9.02Independence Cube Open 2019: 8.90Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 9.77Cubing ATMOSphere 2019: 8.40DSL Cube Open 2022: 10.11Cubing ATMOSphere 2022: 9.788.4023.126 Oct 201226 Nov 2022

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.