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Ajay Kumar Puthal

3×3 · top 33.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019PUTH01

Ajay Kumar Puthal has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.67, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,566th in India. Across 6 competitions since August 2019, he has put 70 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Ajay has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.2% of 288,433 all-time
17.67
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×317.6718.48
top 33.2%4,566 / 20,146
4×41:04.761:15.13
top 41.6%1,361 / 4,220
2×25.969.38
top 50.5%4,915 / 12,225
3×3 one-handed34.2742.99
top 56.0%2,204 / 4,534
Pyraminx12.1216.80
top 68.0%4,847 / 8,971
3×3 blindfolded4:37.46—
early days — 1 solve401 / 605

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

Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 19.11Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019: 17.67PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 21.84Bennett University Cube Open 2020: 21.55Noida Cube Open 2022: 18.1817.6721.8424 Aug 20193 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.67 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 4.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.