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Aryan Soman

3×3 · top 29.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012SOMA01

Aryan Soman has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.54, set at Bombay Open 2013, puts him in the top 29.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,220th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2012, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.21 in December 2012 to 16.54, a 68% improvement. Aryan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.5% of 284,439 all-time
16.54
signature single · Bombay Open 2013
32
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.5418.93
top 29.5%16,220 / 59,724
2×26.247.32
top 53.3%21,772 / 40,951
4×41:28.561:50.68
top 62.6%10,932 / 19,072
5×53:09.43
early days — 2 solves7,386 / 9,401

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

Arizona Winter 2012: 51.21Southwest Showdown 2013: 21.95Bombay Open 2013: 16.5416.5451.2115 Dec 201228 Dec 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.