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Aditya Anand Rao

3×3 · top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014RAOA01

Aditya Anand Rao has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.33, set at IIA Summer Open April 2017, puts him in the top 28.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,876th in India. Across 5 competitions since November 2014, he has put 102 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.54 in November 2014 to 16.33, a 71% improvement. Aditya has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.33
signature single · IIA Summer Open April 2017
102
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×316.3319.64
top 28.9%3,876 / 20,018
2×25.356.45
top 43.6%4,110 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed34.0840.52
top 55.6%2,172 / 4,516
Pyraminx10.5418.44
top 57.2%3,884 / 8,934
4×41:33.031:41.59
top 65.9%2,311 / 4,186
Skewb17.3126.88
top 84.7%2,610 / 3,524

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

Brain Studio Cube Open 2014: 56.54Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 1:00.64Cube On Bengaluru 2016: 31.01Ban Parity Open 2017: 16.75IIA Summer Open April 2017: 16.3316.331:00.6415 Nov 201422 Apr 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.