People · India
Gokul Krishna Balaji
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016BALA21
Gokul Krishna Balaji has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 458th in India. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2016, he has put 251 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.15 in December 2016 to 8.88, a 60% improvement. Gokul 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.88 | 10.84 | top 4.6% | 458 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.01 | top 5.8% | 446 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.59 | 6.93 | top 17.0% | 1,005 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.58 | 22.76 | top 22.1% | 794 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 9.62 | top 22.5% | 622 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.75 | 1:29.20 | top 44.7% | 1,461 / 4,186 |
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
- 23 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at SRM Cube Open 2018.
- 26 Nov 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Grand Cube Open 2017.
- 26 Nov 2017Five personal bests in one day at Grand Cube Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.27 at SSN Cube Open 2017.
- 28 Jul 2017Six personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Open 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.61 at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017.
Competitions
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016
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.
- Arjun Paranthaman — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Saravanan Gowthaman — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.