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Gaurav Taneja

2×2 · top 0.93% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010TANE01

Gaurav Taneja has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.16, set at Mumbai Summer Open 2014, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since June 2010, he has put 2,364 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.94 in June 2010 to 10.82, a 76% improvement. Gaurav has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.93% of 189,179 all-time
1.16
signature single · Mumbai Summer Open 2014
2,364
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.163.17
top 0.93%60 / 12,225
3×310.8212.66
top 10.0%1,141 / 20,146
4×440.1043.96
top 12.3%336 / 4,220
Pyraminx4.938.18
top 12.8%747 / 8,971
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves39.67
top 17.5%58 / 612
5×51:22.901:31.03
top 21.6%239 / 1,537
3×3 one-handed20.6226.52
top 22.2%804 / 4,534
Skewb6.4310.76
top 29.2%825 / 3,548
Square-121.6626.54
top 31.8%214 / 813
Megaminx1:35.661:46.75
top 31.9%343 / 1,458
3×3 blindfolded2:17.542:53.33
top 39.2%182 / 605
6×62:58.673:12.90
top 40.5%176 / 537
7×74:50.295:03.84
top 47.9%155 / 365
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 57:59—
top 48.5%74 / 172
Clock17.4919.01
top 57.1%509 / 1,109

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

Mumbai Rubik's Cube Challenge 2010: 44.94Mumbai Open Rubik's Cube 2011: 22.44Speedcubing Mumbai Unlimited 2011: 19.16DJ Speedcubing Open 2011: 17.78Indian Open 2012: 15.63Mumbai Open 2012: 18.03Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 13.13DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 15.26Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 13.59Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 11.82Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 13.03Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 14.32Indian Open 2013: 12.25Apogee Cube Open 2013: 12.06IIT Roorkee Cube Open 2013: 14.20Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 12.79DJ Open 2013: 12.95Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 12.77Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 12.24Thakur Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 13.18Indian Open 2014: 11.68Mumbai Summer Open 2014: 13.20Pune Fall Open 2014: 11.86Indian Nationals 2014: 13.04DJ Open 2014: 10.82Mumbai Open 2014: 11.35Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015: 11.73Cube Challenge Quark 2015: 12.32Ignus Open 2015: 12.65SP Open 2015: 11.88Indian Nationals 2015: 12.21SCMU KJSCE Open 2015: 12.40Tathva Cube Open 2015: 13.99Cube Challenge Quark 2016: 12.59Ignus Open 2016: 11.8210.8244.9418 Jun 201028 Feb 2016

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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.