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Ayush Kumar

3×3 · top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011KULS01

Ayush Kumar has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Delhi Open 2014, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 864th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since February 2011, he has put 1,158 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in February 2011 to 10.09, a 48% improvement. Ayush has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.09
signature single · Delhi Open 2014
1,158
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.0912.78
top 7.7%864 / 20,018
2×22.453.84
top 8.4%680 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed16.6221.66
top 11.7%380 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves—
top 12.2%32 / 600
3×3 blindfolded1:02.181:09.19
top 13.7%53 / 598
Pyraminx5.479.08
top 16.2%959 / 8,934
Square-115.9623.82
top 18.6%119 / 805
4×447.1853.00
top 21.1%606 / 4,186
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 33:34—
early days — 2 solves49 / 168
Megaminx1:58.192:16.44
top 44.7%501 / 1,443
5×52:05.652:22.79
top 52.8%683 / 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

Rubik's Cube Delhi Open 2011: 19.50Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 16.02Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011: 14.184th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 14.83Indian Open 2012: 14.93Mumbai Open 2012: 13.90IIT Roorkee Open 2012: 13.88Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 13.02Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 13.01Delhi Open 2013: 12.18Indian Open 2013: 12.90Apogee Cube Open 2013: 12.60IIT Roorkee Cube Open 2013: 10.56Delhi Summer Open 2013: 11.58Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 11.27MathSoc Open 2014: 11.15Delhi Open 2014: 10.09Indian Open 2014: 13.38National Cubing Region Open 2014: 12.02MathSoc Open 2015: 12.61Indian Nationals 2015: 11.33Akash Open 2015: 12.57SCMU Cognition Open 2015: 12.13Amalthea SCMU Open 2015: 11.71Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 12.1010.0919.5027 Feb 201126 Dec 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.