People · United States
Akshay Jana
3×3 · top 36.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2016 · 2016JANA02
Akshay Jana has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.72, set at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,377th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2016, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.33 in September 2016 to 18.72, a 45% improvement. Akshay has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.72 | 23.45 | top 36.3% | 20,377 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.23 | 12.33 | top 38.2% | 10,893 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.85 | 8.31 | top 49.3% | 20,034 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 13.95 | 26.57 | top 74.5% | 14,094 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.69 | — | top 86.0% | 12,972 / 15,683 |
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
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.72 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.71 at UMass ODS Fall 2016.
- 24 Sep 2016First competition: Quabbin Open 2016. A 34.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016
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.
- JP Noone — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Broderick Phillips — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Russo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.72 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.