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Anant Pingle

Square-1 · top 4.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013PING01

Anant Pingle has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20th in India. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since January 2013, he has put 2,094 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.38 in January 2013 to 9.12, a 76% improvement. Anant has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 4.1% of 25,272 all-time
8.74
signature single · Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016
2,094
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Square-18.7413.14
top 4.1%20 / 805
3×39.1212.07
top 5.1%548 / 20,018
Skewb3.085.55
top 5.4%128 / 3,524
2×22.193.87
top 6.1%474 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.726.57
top 6.3%363 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed17.5720.05
top 14.0%477 / 4,516
4×442.0350.05
top 14.6%393 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves40.00
top 30.0%124 / 600
3×3 blindfolded1:55.37—
top 31.9%142 / 598
Clock11.9914.82
top 34.9%291 / 1,092
5×51:39.431:45.70
top 34.9%431 / 1,525
6×63:39.383:47.67
top 58.4%281 / 531
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 15:14—
early days — 3 solves107 / 168
7×76:18.376:35.61
top 71.8%251 / 360
Megaminx3:20.763:57.02
top 81.1%1,006 / 1,443

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 37.38Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 22.02Techniche Cube Open 2013: 20.26DJ Open 2013: 16.26Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 18.07Bombay Open 2013: 15.90Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 16.13Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 17.36SpringSpree RubiMania 2014: 16.19Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 15.64P3 Grand Open 2014: 14.94Indian Nationals 2014: 15.29Cubing ATMOSphere 2014: 14.91DJ Open 2014: 13.87Mumbai Open 2014: 13.60Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 12.19SCMU ICT Open 2015: 14.33SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 13.73SCMU Freedom Open 2015: 11.18Open Cube Project 2016: 13.42SCMU 2016: 9.12Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016: 12.15Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 11.87Indian Nationals 2017: 11.45SCMU 2017: 12.66Indian Nationals 2018: 11.16Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 10.99Rijswijk Open 2018: 11.72Annuntia Open 2019: 10.86Breda Open 2019: 10.759.1237.387 Jan 20138 Jun 2019

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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.