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Aman Karunakaran

2×2 · top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2009 · 2009KARU01

Aman Karunakaran has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.05, set at Fort Lee Winter 2009, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,711th in India. Across 5 competitions since February 2009, he has put 71 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.86 in February 2009 to 21.06, a 27% improvement. Aman has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 40.0% of 186,767 all-time
5.05
signature single · Fort Lee Winter 2009
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×25.057.31
top 40.0%3,711 / 12,146
3×321.0623.43
top 42.9%6,158 / 20,018
4×42:02.66
top 82.8%3,056 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed59.63
top 83.7%3,487 / 4,516
5×54:46.68
top 96.1%1,404 / 1,525
Square-12:09.88
early days — 1 solve783 / 805

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

Newark Winter 2009: 28.86Fort Lee Winter 2009: 30.03UPenn Spring competition 2009: 22.06Captain's Cove competition 2009: 22.47Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 21.0621.0630.037 Feb 20091 Aug 2009

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.