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Jivesh Kumar

2×2 · top 28.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017KUMA52

Jivesh Kumar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.14, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2018, puts him in the top 28.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,465th in India. Across 6 competitions since November 2017, he has put 160 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.41 in November 2017 to 4.14, a 67% improvement. Jivesh has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 28.3% of 186,767 all-time
4.14
signature single · Speedcubing ESYA 2018
160
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×24.145.87
top 28.3%2,465 / 12,146
Pyraminx7.7612.07
top 34.2%2,164 / 8,934
3×318.1020.17
top 34.4%4,737 / 20,018
Skewb7.2321.34
top 35.5%1,002 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed36.8048.00
top 60.4%2,404 / 4,516
4×41:32.811:48.48
top 65.7%2,303 / 4,186
5×53:46.37
early days — 2 solves1,263 / 1,525

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

Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 12.41Five Rivers Cube Open 2017: 9.04SNU Open 2018: 5.11Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 4.14Five Rivers Cube Open 2019: 4.99IISER Mohali Cube Open 2020: 4.464.1412.414 Nov 201723 Feb 2020

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.