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Balaji Lakshmi Narayanan

3×3 · top 88.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013NARA01

Balaji Lakshmi Narayanan has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 53.94, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2014, puts him in the top 88.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,494th in India. Across 2 competitions since March 2013, he has put 16 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:03.42 in March 2013 to 53.94, a 15% improvement. Balaji has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 88.5% of 284,439 all-time
53.94
signature single · Pragyan Cube Open 2014
16
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×353.9458.86
top 88.5%15,494 / 20,018
2×215.0216.47
top 90.5%10,078 / 12,146
Pyraminx20.5628.28
top 93.6%7,732 / 8,934

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

Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 1:03.42Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 53.9453.941:03.422 Mar 20138 Mar 2014

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 3.94 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.