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Akshay Kumar
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019KUMA01
Akshay Kumar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.77, set at NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2019, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.49 in January 2019 to 8.77, a 70% 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.77 | 11.55 | top 4.3% | 425 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 6.03 | 7.43 | top 51.2% | 4,964 / 12,146 |
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
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 10.73 at KSRCT Cube Open 2022.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at KSRCT Cube Open 2022.
- 17 Mar 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.80 at Pragyan Cube Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Daksh Cube Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2019. A 29.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- KSRCT Cube Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Daksh Cube Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 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.
- Santhosh Sabarinathan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Imruthun Meenakshisundaram — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hariharan Sachidanandam — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.