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Daniel Koilpillai
Pyraminx · top 1.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015KOIL01
Daniel Koilpillai has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.02, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since March 2015, he has put 433 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 15.48 in March 2015 to 2.02, an 87% improvement. Daniel has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.02 | 3.75 | top 1.2% | 58 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 13.19 | 16.71 | top 18.1% | 2,261 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.58 | 4.41 | top 21.2% | 1,833 / 12,146 | |
| Clock | 10.58 | 21.28 | top 28.0% | 240 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.40 | 29.60 | top 32.6% | 1,188 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.12 | 1:08.31 | top 37.7% | 1,200 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 8.29 | 11.40 | top 43.5% | 1,213 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 51.00 | top 65.6% | 333 / 600 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024.
- 17 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2019.
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.39 at Bangalore Open 2018.
- 29 Mar 2015First competition: FMCed 2015.
Competitions
- Cubing at Vivira A 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- VIT Cube Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017 · 22 Sep 2017
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015
- FMCed 2015 · 29 Mar 2015
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.
- Emmanuel Rajapandian — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Naren Ramesh — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Sachin Arvind — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.