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Elston Saldanha
2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015SALD01
Elston Saldanha has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at SCMU 2016, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 511th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2015, he has put 198 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.11 in June 2015 to 11.20, a 54% improvement. Elston has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 4.63 | top 6.6% | 511 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.20 | 14.50 | top 11.1% | 1,286 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.73 | 6.64 | top 18.0% | 1,072 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 7.86 | 11.87 | top 40.2% | 1,124 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.94 | 55.81 | top 74.8% | 3,055 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 3:49.27 | — | top 90.1% | 1,270 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 4:41.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,283 / 1,443 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at SCMU 2016.
- 12 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at SCMU ICT Open 2016.
- 12 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at SCMU ICT Open 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016First sub-20 3×3: 18.81 at SCMU Open 2016.
- 26 Dec 2015Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015.
- 31 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015.
Competitions
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2016 · 12 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU Open 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015 · 26 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Avenues CUBELELO Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU KJSCE Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU Freedom Open 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU Juhu Open 2015 · 28 Jun 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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Aniket Das — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ritwik Pattnaik — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.