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Ankita Purnaye

3×3 · top 49.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010PURN01

Ankita Purnaye has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.66, set at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013, puts her in the top 49.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,369th in India. Across 6 competitions since February 2010, she has put 49 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.91 in February 2010 to 23.66, a 66% improvement. Ankita has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.5% of 284,439 all-time
23.66
signature single · Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×323.6631.86
top 49.5%7,369 / 20,018
2×210.2215.70
top 78.8%8,377 / 12,146
4×43:31.16
top 98.3%3,995 / 4,186
5×56:32.66
early days — 3 solves1,493 / 1,525
Square-12:40.064:20.30
top 99.4%795 / 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

Mumbai Open 2010: 1:08.91Mumbai Rubik's Cube Challenge 2010: 39.78Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 31.58Mumbai Open 2012: 28.91Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 23.66Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 32.6923.661:08.916 Feb 201018 Jan 2013

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.66 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as she improves.