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Akshay Padmakumar
2×2 · top 8.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PADM03
Akshay Padmakumar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,497th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2017, he has put 105 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.89 in October 2017 to 13.60, a 32% improvement. Akshay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.50 | 4.55 | top 8.9% | 3,497 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.60 | 15.27 | top 19.6% | 10,514 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.24 | 8.26 | top 29.8% | 8,275 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 57.63 | 1:00.24 | top 33.9% | 5,418 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.10 | 2:01.79 | top 44.1% | 3,617 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 8.85 | 18.77 | top 47.4% | 8,397 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 6:35.65 | 6:55.47 | early days — 3 solves | 2,354 / 3,184 |
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
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Katy Cubing 2019.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Six personal bests in one day at Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018.
- 7 Oct 2017First competition: Yeehaw 2017. A 19.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Katy Cubing 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018 · 27 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Yeehaw 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
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.
- Zachary White — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mahith Bandi — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Lee — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.