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Kaarthik Narain

Pyraminx · top 20.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019NARA04

Kaarthik Narain has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.04, set at Forum Monsoon Open 2019, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,216th in India. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.49 in April 2019 to 16.14, a 21% improvement. Kaarthik has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 20.3% of 129,321 all-time
6.04
signature single · Forum Monsoon Open 2019
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx6.0411.10
top 20.3%1,216 / 8,934
Skewb5.527.82
top 22.1%611 / 3,524
3×316.1418.56
top 28.2%3,777 / 20,018
2×24.916.08
top 38.2%3,524 / 12,146

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

Indian Nationals 2019: 20.49Bengaluru Summer Open 2019: 16.14Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 16.2716.1420.4911 Apr 201920 Jul 2019

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.