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Chaitanya Kumar

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013KUMA38

Chaitanya Kumar has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Geethanjali Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 996th in India. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2013, he has put 295 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.12 in November 2013 to 2.73, a 70% improvement. Chaitanya has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Geethanjali Cube Open 2018
295
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.4716.69
top 8.9%996 / 20,018
Skewb3.989.82
top 10.8%281 / 3,524
2×22.734.18
top 11.3%937 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed23.1129.85
top 29.1%1,054 / 4,516
Pyraminx7.7710.98
top 34.3%2,168 / 8,934
4×41:08.391:17.03
top 45.2%1,484 / 4,186
Megaminx2:05.342:26.71
top 48.8%562 / 1,443
5×52:46.94
top 73.5%1,002 / 1,525
Square-11:17.37
early days — 3 solves684 / 805

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

Prasadz ICC Juniors 2013: 9.12P3 Grand Open 2014: 6.26Cubing ATMOSphere 2014: 2.92Indian Nationals 2015: 2.89Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 4.23Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 3.73Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 3.52Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 2.73Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 3.212.739.1216 Nov 201314 Jul 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 0.47 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.