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Ishan Katpally

3×3 · top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019KATP01

Ishan Katpally has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.56, set at UCSB Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 15.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,508th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2019, he has put 103 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.94 in May 2019 to 12.56, a 40% improvement. Ishan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.56
signature single · UCSB Cubing 2024
103
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5614.60
top 15.9%8,508 / 59,724
2×23.186.03
top 16.4%6,428 / 40,951
4×41:11.361:19.61
top 48.2%8,055 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.1819.84
top 54.4%15,891 / 28,708
5×54:55.40
early days — 1 solve9,174 / 9,401

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 20.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 18.27Berkeley Summer 2019: 14.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 14.74Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 13.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 14.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 15.33UCSB Cubing 2024: 12.5612.5620.9411 May 201919 Oct 2024

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.

  • Lacey Dilworth — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Ryan Jew — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.