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Aniketh Narayanan

3×3 · top 23.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017NARA05

Aniketh Narayanan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.84, set at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018, puts him in the top 23.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,085th in India. Across 7 competitions since April 2017, he has put 144 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.92 in April 2017 to 14.84, a 26% improvement. Aniketh has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.84
signature single · Bengaluru Winter Open 2018
144
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×314.8419.12
top 23.9%3,085 / 20,018
2×23.985.31
top 26.2%2,270 / 12,146
4×41:20.931:24.33
top 56.7%1,946 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed46.6352.65
top 73.4%2,990 / 4,516
5×53:23.193:48.56
top 84.8%1,173 / 1,525

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

IIA Summer Open April 2017: 19.92IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 15.88ICC Juniors August 2017: 17.74Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 18.22Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 17.65Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 14.8414.8419.9222 Apr 20171 Dec 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.