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Daivik Padmanabhan

2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013PADM03

Daivik Padmanabhan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 212th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2013, he has put 325 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.47 in December 2013 to 10.25, a 63% improvement. Daivik has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.67
signature single · Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015
325
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.673.93
top 2.9%212 / 12,146
3×310.2512.32
top 8.2%925 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed21.0528.85
top 23.4%844 / 4,516
Pyraminx8.6413.28
top 41.7%2,694 / 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

Bombay Open 2013: 27.47Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 20.54Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 24.36Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 13.42Indian Nationals 2014: 12.76National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 13.37Mumbai Open 2014: 10.73Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 11.46SP Open 2015: 11.05SCMU ICT Open 2015: 10.25SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 10.47SCMU Cognition Open 2015: 10.7110.2527.4728 Dec 201316 Sep 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.