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Anooj Pai

3×3 · top 38.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PAIA01

Anooj Pai has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.41, set at Princeton Winter 2016, puts him in the top 38.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,990th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since December 2015, he has put 25 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.59 in December 2015 to 5.78, a 12% improvement. Anooj has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 38.4% of 288,433 all-time
19.41
signature single · Princeton Winter 2016
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.4126.06
top 38.4%21,990 / 60,666
2×25.786.33
top 48.6%20,033 / 41,674
Pyraminx14.6518.23
top 80.6%24,247 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed59.46—
early days — 1 solve12,687 / 15,900

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

Liberty Science 2015: 6.59Princeton Winter 2016: 5.785.786.5919 Dec 20156 Feb 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.41 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.