People · India
Harish Raj Ponkumar
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019PONK01
Harish Raj Ponkumar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.72, set at Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 223rd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2019, he has put 565 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.42 in January 2019 to 7.72, a 64% improvement. Harish has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.72 | 9.33 | top 2.3% | 223 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 2.88 | top 4.2% | 313 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 5.35 | top 4.8% | 274 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.51 | 16.99 | top 5.3% | 161 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 36.31 | 40.71 | top 8.0% | 211 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.49 | 1:29.12 | top 21.9% | 246 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 7.22 | 15.55 | top 35.4% | 1,001 / 3,524 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.33 | 2:56.11 | top 35.8% | 148 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 5:19.54 | 5:45.79 | top 56.7% | 192 / 360 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 52.00 | top 65.6% | 333 / 600 |
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
- 15 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024.
- 27 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Six personal bests in one day at KSRCT Cube Open 2022.
- 21 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022.
- 26 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at 1st Salem Open 2022.
- 26 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at 1st Salem Open 2022.
Competitions
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- VIT Cube Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Sunday 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
- KSRCT Cube Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Thoothukudi Cube Open 2022 · 9 Oct 2022
- Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- 1st Salem Open 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- DY Patil Cube Open 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Mohamed Bilal — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.