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Karan Kowshik
3×3 · top 21.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014KOWS01
Karan Kowshik has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.19, set at Brain Studio Cube Open 2015, puts him in the top 21.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,758th in India. Across 9 competitions since March 2014, he has put 235 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.74 in March 2014 to 3.86, a 50% improvement. Karan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.19 | 16.77 | top 21.6% | 2,758 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 5.13 | top 24.7% | 2,152 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.37 | 28.05 | top 29.8% | 1,085 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 7.44 | 9.82 | top 37.0% | 1,046 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.66 | 1:16.61 | top 42.5% | 1,383 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.82 | 14.84 | top 51.6% | 3,453 / 8,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.96 | 2:31.42 | top 57.1% | 747 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 401 / 600 |
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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Aug 2015Six personal bests in one day at Brain Studio Cube Open 2015.
- 15 Aug 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.75 at SCMU Freedom Open 2015.
- 15 Aug 2015Seven personal bests in one day at SCMU Freedom Open 2015.
- 15 Aug 2014Seven personal bests in one day at Indian Cube Challenge 2014.
- 22 Jun 2014First sub-20 3×3: 19.48 at Excellite Cube Open 2014.
- 12 Apr 2014First sub-30 3×3: 26.37 at Pantheon Cube Open 2014.
Competitions
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- Cube On Bengaluru 2016 · 27 Feb 2016
- APJ BLD Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- SCMU Freedom Open 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 7 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2014 · 15 Aug 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- Excellite Cube Open 2014 · 22 Jun 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Pantheon Cube Open 2014 · 12 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2014 · 8 Mar 2014
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.
- Nikhil Mande — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Akash Reddy — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kalyana Raman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.19 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.