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Advait Kelkar

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013KELA01

Advait Kelkar has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Primus Cube Open - May 2018, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 535th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2013, he has put 182 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.23 in October 2013 to 9.09, a 57% improvement. Advait has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.09
signature single · Primus Cube Open - May 2018
182
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.0912.23
top 5.1%535 / 20,018
4×442.8246.64
top 15.5%422 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed18.2121.98
top 15.6%534 / 4,516
2×23.805.86
top 23.9%2,085 / 12,146
5×52:16.732:23.42
top 59.2%777 / 1,525

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

Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 21.23IIA Summer Open 2016: 13.33SynoCubix Open 2017: 11.00IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 10.99Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 9.09Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 10.589.0921.2312 Oct 20138 Mar 2019

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.