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Athul Vikas

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017VIKA01

Athul Vikas has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.09, set at Scuppernong Spectacular 2019, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 868th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since January 2017, he has put 966 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.00 in January 2017 to 7.09, a 49% improvement. Athul has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.09
signature single · Scuppernong Spectacular 2019
966
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.099.01
top 1.4%868 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.744.40
top 2.8%757 / 28,708
Square-19.1021.27
top 4.6%340 / 6,743
2×22.033.24
top 4.9%1,986 / 40,951
4×435.9741.20
top 7.6%1,169 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.6719.06
top 9.5%1,254 / 15,683
Skewb6.348.18
top 28.5%4,661 / 18,907
5×51:50.552:04.37
top 42.9%3,515 / 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

Crossroads Cubing 2017: 14.00Hendersonville Spring 2017: 16.30Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 12.46CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.09Classic City Summer 2017: 9.41Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 9.97TJHSST Fall 2017: 10.08Whale Sounds 2018: 9.34Fruit Salad 2018: 8.11Charleston Spring 2018: 9.81CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 9.82Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 10.51Carolina Cubers United 2018: 9.51Crossroads Cubing 2018: 8.20CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.48Carolina Season Starter 2018: 9.51Tar Heel Tango 2018: 8.51Lowcountry Cubing 2018: 8.18Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 7.75Wolfpack Winter 2019: 7.18CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 9.50CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.03Scuppernong Spectacular 2019: 7.09Charlotte Winter 2020: 9.217.0916.3021 Jan 20174 Jan 2020

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.

  • Jacob Ambrose — met in 184 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Zachary Ochs — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.