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Achyuthan Karthikeyan

Skewb · top 9.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017KART04

Achyuthan Karthikeyan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.71, set at Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2017, he has put 88 official solves on the record across seven events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 10.97 in October 2017 to 5.38, a 51% improvement. Achyuthan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.0% of 73,281 all-time
3.71
signature single · Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018
88
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb3.716.69
top 9.0%230 / 3,524
Pyraminx5.386.55
top 15.6%914 / 8,934
2×23.237.13
top 17.0%1,422 / 12,146
3×316.0419.03
top 27.9%3,728 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed30.9237.60
top 48.7%1,855 / 4,516
Megaminx2:25.892:48.26
top 59.3%687 / 1,443
4×42:04.45
early days — 1 solve3,088 / 4,186

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

CET Cubing Paradox 2017: 10.97APJ BLD Open 2017: 7.08Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 5.385.3810.971 Oct 201710 Feb 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.