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Joshua Koilpillai

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013KOIL01

Joshua Koilpillai has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at NIT Trichy Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 347th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2013, he has put 587 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.77 in January 2013 to 10.36, a 56% improvement. Joshua has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.07
signature single · NIT Trichy Open 2017
587
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.072.89
top 1.3%347 / 28,708
4×436.5443.31
top 8.2%1,239 / 19,072
3×310.3612.25
top 8.5%4,692 / 59,724
5×51:22.631:35.35
top 21.3%1,649 / 9,401
Square-118.1031.75
top 23.6%1,560 / 6,743
2×23.795.00
top 23.8%9,332 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed23.5129.46
top 30.1%3,901 / 15,683
Skewb9.2313.76
top 50.0%8,941 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves
early days — 1 solve1,618 / 2,040

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 23.77Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 18.53Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 17.29VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 12.01Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 11.60Indian Nationals 2015: 12.98Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 11.19Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 12.36Bit Cube Open 2017: 12.51NIT Trichy Open 2017: 11.37Grand Cube Open 2017: 11.30Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 10.81Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 11.63Daksh Open Cube 2018: 12.53Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 10.3610.3623.775 Jan 20133 Mar 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.