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Arvind Raju

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014RAJU01

Arvind Raju has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.16, set at APJ BLD Open 2015, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 890th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2014, he has put 135 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.61 in April 2014 to 10.16, a 78% improvement. Arvind has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.16
signature single · APJ BLD Open 2015
135
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.1614.54
top 7.9%890 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed16.0022.38
top 10.2%328 / 4,516
4×41:11.291:26.20
top 48.1%1,603 / 4,186
2×26.938.35
top 59.8%5,962 / 12,146
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves
early days — 1 solve333 / 600
5×52:31.223:00.90
top 66.3%881 / 1,525
Megaminx4:23.836:14.19
top 93.3%1,238 / 1,443

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

Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 45.61Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 18.38Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 13.05APJ BLD Open 2015: 10.16Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 11.35IIA Summer Open 2016: 14.01Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 12.8910.1645.6112 Apr 201411 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.