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Ashwin Kalaivanan

3×3 · top 29.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012KALA02

Ashwin Kalaivanan has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.42, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2015, puts him in the top 29.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,923rd in India. Across 6 competitions since October 2012, he has put 87 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.08 in October 2012 to 16.42, a 61% improvement. Ashwin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.1% of 284,439 all-time
16.42
signature single · Shaastra Cube Open 2015
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×316.4220.53
top 29.1%3,923 / 20,018
2×25.158.24
top 41.2%3,847 / 12,146
Pyraminx10.1617.04
top 54.3%3,655 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed37.9652.71
top 62.3%2,493 / 4,516
4×42:05.79
top 84.2%3,115 / 4,186

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 42.08Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 28.46CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 19.69Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 20.51Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 19.69Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 16.4216.4242.086 Oct 20123 Jan 2015

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 1.42 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.