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Husain Calcuttawala

2×2 · top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014CALC01

Husain Calcuttawala has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.96, set at Praxis Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.48% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2014, he has put 256 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.65 in December 2014 to 9.98, a 68% improvement. Husain has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.48% of 186,767 all-time
0.96
signature single · Praxis Open 2016
256
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×20.963.77
top 0.48%26 / 12,146
3×39.9811.36
top 7.4%817 / 20,018
4×449.9156.39
top 24.6%720 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed21.7425.86
top 25.3%905 / 4,516
Pyraminx7.1511.94
top 29.1%1,803 / 8,934
5×51:37.021:43.06
top 33.1%405 / 1,525
7×76:35.04
early days — 1 solve264 / 360

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 Open 2014: 31.65SP Open 2015: 21.06SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 13.03SCMU KJSCE Open 2015: 12.69SP Open Mini 2015: 14.56SCMU Open 2016: 9.98SCMU ICT Open 2016: 10.00Praxis Open 2016: 10.71Indian Nationals 2018: 10.309.9831.6528 Dec 201425 May 2018

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 9.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.