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Aqeel Bhat

3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014BHAT12

Aqeel Bhat has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.33, set at Indian Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,837th in India. Across 8 competitions since December 2014, he has put 174 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.64 in December 2014 to 12.33, a 55% improvement. Aqeel has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.33
signature single · Indian Nationals 2017
174
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.3314.11
top 15.0%1,837 / 20,018
2×23.295.55
top 17.7%1,481 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed21.1431.35
top 23.6%851 / 4,516
4×458.391:09.47
top 34.8%1,079 / 4,186
Pyraminx7.9410.77
top 35.7%2,271 / 8,934

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 2014: 27.64Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 25.57SP Open 2015: 19.10SCMU ICT Open 2015: 19.78SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 17.06Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 15.11SCMU 2016: 12.34Indian Nationals 2017: 12.3312.3327.6428 Dec 201412 May 2017

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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.