People · United States
Advay Kulkarni
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019KULK04
Advay Kulkarni has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Texas BarbeCubing 2022, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,339th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2019, he has put 314 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.98 in December 2019 to 10.47, a 66% improvement. Advay has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 2.50 | top 3.4% | 1,339 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.47 | 12.59 | top 8.9% | 4,854 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.11 | 25.63 | top 23.5% | 3,021 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 9.59 | top 34.7% | 9,808 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 59.52 | 1:11.43 | top 36.0% | 5,798 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.90 | 13.40 | top 65.5% | 12,197 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:26.00 | — | top 82.5% | 6,564 / 7,841 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Baton Rouge Winter 2023.
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Nexus Monsoon Open 2022.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-20 3×3: 11.02 at Utah Fall 2021.
- 23 Oct 2021First sub-15 3×3: 11.02 at Utah Fall 2021.
- 23 Oct 2021Three personal bests in one day at Utah Fall 2021.
- 12 Jan 2020First sub-30 3×3: 24.90 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020.
Competitions
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023
- Baton Rouge Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Texas BarbeCubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Monsoon Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2022 · 22 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021
- Utah Fall 2021 · 23 Oct 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- No 333 Frisco PM 2021 · 18 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Chen — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Dylan Miller — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.