People · India
Balachander Packirisamy
3×3 · top 7.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016PACK02
Balachander Packirisamy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 817th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since December 2016, he has put 207 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in December 2016 to 9.98, a 34% improvement. Balachander has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.98 | 10.93 | top 7.4% | 817 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.93 | 29.85 | top 28.6% | 1,033 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 54.63 | 59.48 | top 30.3% | 925 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Pragyan Cube Open 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Daksh Open Cube 2018.
- 26 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.63 at Grand Cube Open 2017.
- 31 Dec 2016First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2017. A 15.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Daksh Open Cube 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Vijay Kishore — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sripad Sarma Katrapati — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.