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Atharv Goel
2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016GOEL02
Atharv Goel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.71, set at National Cubing Region Open 2016, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 116 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.39 in July 2016 to 8.55, an 18% improvement. Atharv has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.71 | 4.05 | top 3.1% | 230 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 8.55 | 9.94 | top 3.8% | 381 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 43.04 | 55.43 | top 15.8% | 434 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.91 | 25.15 | top 23.0% | 830 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.81 | 10.38 | top 34.6% | 2,188 / 8,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.27 | 2:35.27 | top 56.2% | 735 / 1,525 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Dec 2018First sub-10 3×3: 8.55 at BBS Kuwait Cubing 2018.
- 15 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at BBS Kuwait Cubing 2018.
- 23 Jul 2016First competition: National Cubing Region Open 2016. A 11.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BBS Kuwait Cubing 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Delhi Cube Splash 2017 · 30 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Shivam Bansal — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Piyush Passi — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.