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Chetan Popli

Pyraminx · top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014POPL01

Chetan Popli has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.19, set at SCMU Freedom Open 2015, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 498th in India. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2014, he has put 117 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.81 in July 2014 to 15.37, a 30% improvement. Chetan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 8.6% of 129,321 all-time
4.19
signature single · SCMU Freedom Open 2015
117
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx4.1910.63
top 8.6%498 / 8,934
3×315.3719.93
top 25.7%3,368 / 20,018
4×41:02.531:08.43
top 39.2%1,253 / 4,186
Skewb11.0517.10
top 61.1%1,782 / 3,524
5×53:27.223:43.00
top 85.8%1,198 / 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

Indian Nationals 2014: 21.81National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 22.39DJ Open 2014: 20.04Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 15.37SCMU Freedom Open 2015: 17.4915.3722.3925 Jul 201415 Aug 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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.