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Gautam Patwardhan

3×3 · top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PATW01

Gautam Patwardhan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.07, set at IISER Pune Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,716th in India. Across 7 competitions since August 2017, he has put 156 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.54 in August 2017 to 12.07, a 35% improvement. Gautam has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.07
signature single · IISER Pune Cube Open 2019
156
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.0714.85
top 14.1%1,716 / 20,018
2×23.214.87
top 16.7%1,395 / 12,146
Pyraminx5.687.87
top 17.6%1,048 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed20.1627.10
top 20.9%746 / 4,516
4×456.891:11.80
top 33.0%1,016 / 4,186
Megaminx1:43.991:55.45
top 37.1%398 / 1,443
Skewb12.1520.81
top 66.7%1,966 / 3,524
Clock1:08.16
early days — 2 solves1,073 / 1,092

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

Cerulean 2017: 18.54Pune Cube Open 2018: 15.39IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 12.07VES Cube Open 2019: 15.68DSK Pune Cube Open 2019: 13.75IISER Pune Cube Open 2022: 13.76IISER Pune Summer Open 2023: 13.7412.0718.5420 Aug 201730 Apr 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.