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Darun Jayavel

3×3 · top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012JAYA03

Darun Jayavel has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.62, set at SNU Open 2017, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 682nd in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2012, he has put 503 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.19 in October 2012 to 9.62, an 81% improvement. Darun has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.4% of 284,439 all-time
9.62
signature single · SNU Open 2017
503
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.6211.90
top 6.4%682 / 20,018
2×22.573.99
top 9.6%776 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.018.19
top 13.2%770 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed17.3721.28
top 13.5%459 / 4,516
3×3 blindfolded1:58.922:49.18
top 33.1%147 / 598
4×41:05.291:15.49
top 42.1%1,368 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 2 solves357 / 600
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 17:50
early days — 1 solve137 / 168

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 51.19Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 26.57CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 25.57Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 17.45Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 14.27PB Smashathon 2015: 14.60MathSoc Open 2015: 13.75REC Cube Challenge 2015: 12.27Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 11.73Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 11.63SNU Open 2017: 9.62Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 11.71Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 11.07Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 11.26Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 10.629.6251.196 Oct 20123 Mar 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.