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Anirudh Manoj

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017MANO04

Anirudh Manoj has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.79, set at GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 431st in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2017, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.85 in July 2017 to 8.79, a 37% improvement. Anirudh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.79
signature single · GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018
136
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.7910.18
top 4.4%431 / 20,018
Pyraminx3.375.42
top 5.0%283 / 8,934
2×22.823.83
top 12.2%1,020 / 12,146
4×448.1953.24
top 22.4%657 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed20.8927.59
top 22.9%827 / 4,516
Skewb5.756.50
top 23.8%652 / 3,524

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

Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 13.85GEMS Modern Academy Open 2018: 8.79BBS Kuwait Cubing 2018: 9.67KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 8.968.7913.858 Jul 201731 Jul 2022

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 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.