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Aryan Phophaliya

Pyraminx · top 92.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016PHOP01

Aryan Phophaliya has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 19.42, set at Polyhedra Open 2017, puts him in the top 92.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,506th in India. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:44.75 in June 2016 to 1:03.51, a 39% improvement. Aryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 92.1% of 129,321 all-time
19.42
signature single · Polyhedra Open 2017
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx19.4230.16
top 92.1%7,506 / 8,934
3×31:03.511:11.42
top 92.9%16,762 / 20,018
2×219.4926.98
top 95.2%10,920 / 12,146

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

SCMU 2016: 1:44.75Polyhedra Open 2017: 1:03.51Mumbai Monsoon Open 2017: 1:04.251:03.511:44.7517 Jun 201616 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 17 Jun 2016First competition: SCMU 2016. A 1:44.75 3×3 single to start from.

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 Pyraminx single — 105,805 people have one; it is 4.42 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 3.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.