People · India
Hatim Kagalwala
2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014KAGA01
Hatim Kagalwala has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at SP Open Mini 2015, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 765th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2014, he has put 90 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.71 in December 2014 to 15.65, a 44% improvement. Hatim has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.56 | 5.17 | top 9.5% | 765 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 15.65 | 18.23 | top 26.6% | 3,520 / 20,018 |
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
- 28 Jun 2015Three personal bests in one day at SCMU Juhu Open 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at SP Open 2015.
- 28 Dec 2014First competition: Mumbai Open 2014. A 27.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SP Open Mini 2015 · 10 Oct 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU KJSCE Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- SCMU Juhu Open 2015 · 28 Jun 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SP Open 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015
- Mumbai Open 2014 · 28 Dec 2014
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.
- Husain Calcuttawala — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nikhil Soares — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.