People · India
Arjun Venkatesh
2×2 · top 11.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018VENK08
Arjun Venkatesh has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.74, set at SRM Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 943rd in India. Across 14 competitions since March 2018, he has put 299 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.05 in March 2018 to 13.38, a 73% improvement. Arjun has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 4.81 | top 11.4% | 943 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.03 | 8.08 | top 13.4% | 779 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 13.38 | 17.84 | top 18.8% | 2,357 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.97 | 28.09 | top 23.2% | 838 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.59 | 1:18.15 | top 39.2% | 1,254 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 225 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 9.17 | 10.36 | top 49.6% | 1,406 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.59 | — | top 73.7% | 1,006 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 3:11.17 | — | top 78.1% | 956 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 1:16.70 | — | top 91.7% | 680 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Chennai Cube Open 2019.
- 9 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019.
- 1 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019.
- 1 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.53 at Phoenix C3 Open 2018.
Competitions
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chennai Cube Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019 · 9 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Chennai Mind Over Matter 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Vishal Mohanraju — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nitin Nathan — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.