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Ishan Bhardwaj

2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014BHAR10

Ishan Bhardwaj has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at MathSoc Open 2016, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 157th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2014, he has put 310 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.71 in October 2014 to 1.49, a 60% improvement. Ishan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.49
signature single · MathSoc Open 2016
310
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.493.16
top 2.1%157 / 12,146
3×312.2215.66
top 14.7%1,793 / 20,018
Pyraminx7.8319.31
top 34.8%2,196 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed26.6536.53
top 38.5%1,396 / 4,516
Clock19.1625.11
top 62.2%549 / 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

Cubing V1.0 2014: 3.71MathSoc Open 2015: 2.88National Cubing Region Open 2015: 3.65Akash Open 2015: 3.69Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 3.50Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 3.94MathSoc Open 2016: 1.49Indian Nationals 2016: 2.98National Cubing Region Open 2016: 2.55Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 2.80Cubing Complexity 2016: 2.441.493.9425 Oct 201417 Dec 2016

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.