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Ashwath Arunkumar

3×3 · top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021ARUN03

Ashwath Arunkumar has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.91, set at WA Open 2023, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,523rd in Australia. Across 6 competitions since November 2021, he has put 107 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in November 2021 to 12.91, a 31% improvement. Ashwath has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.91
signature single · WA Open 2023
107
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×312.9115.16
top 17.1%1,523 / 11,709
4×41:02.401:14.96
top 39.0%1,040 / 3,051
Skewb8.8115.10
top 47.2%1,484 / 3,534
Pyraminx10.3713.40
top 55.9%3,253 / 5,993

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

Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 18.65Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 19.89Perth Autumn 2022: 13.33Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 14.45Perth Summer 2023: 13.36WA Open 2023: 12.9112.9119.8921 Nov 202126 Aug 2023

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 0.91 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 2.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.