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Jay Pargaonkar

Skewb · top 8.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017PARG01

Jay Pargaonkar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.64, set at Pavillion Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 220th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2017, he has put 185 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.82 in April 2017 to 11.79, a 48% improvement. Jay has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 8.6% of 73,281 all-time
3.64
signature single · Pavillion Cube Open 2023
185
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb3.645.45
top 8.6%220 / 3,524
3×311.7913.62
top 13.2%1,570 / 20,018
2×23.445.00
top 19.4%1,642 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed23.7927.55
top 30.9%1,138 / 4,516
Pyraminx8.5511.82
top 41.0%2,645 / 8,934
Clock28.5534.27
top 82.6%798 / 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

IIA Summer Open April 2017: 22.82Indian Nationals 2017: 14.82ICC Juniors August 2017: 18.34Indian Nationals 2018: 16.23Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 12.05Pavillion Cube Open 2023: 11.88Pune Unscrambled 2024: 11.7911.7922.8222 Apr 201721 Sep 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.