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Ishan Jain

Skewb · top 4.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015JAIN27

Ishan Jain has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2015, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.42 in December 2015 to 12.66, a 63% improvement. Ishan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.82
signature single · Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb2.826.52
top 4.1%86 / 3,524
3×312.6618.30
top 16.2%1,996 / 20,018
2×24.726.20
top 35.8%3,256 / 12,146
Pyraminx8.7116.15
top 42.3%2,739 / 8,934
4×42:53.47
early days — 2 solves3,786 / 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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 34.42KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016: 20.18Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 12.66Polyhedra Open 2018: 15.33Indian Nationals 2018: 17.5212.6634.4226 Dec 201525 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.