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Karthik Puthraya

3×3 · top 20.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2008 · 2008PUTH01

Karthik Puthraya has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.81, set at Shaastra Open 2008, puts him in the top 20.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,556th in India. Across 7 competitions since February 2008, he has put 233 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.93 in February 2008 to 13.81, a 31% improvement. Karthik has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.3% of 284,439 all-time
13.81
signature single · Shaastra Open 2008
233
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×313.8117.78
top 20.3%2,556 / 20,018
2×23.586.76
top 21.2%1,833 / 12,146
3×3 blindfolded2:14.142:47.45
top 37.9%173 / 598
3×3 one-handed29.3836.96
top 45.2%1,690 / 4,516
4×41:13.221:23.34
top 50.0%1,668 / 4,186
5×52:10.632:19.71
top 55.8%726 / 1,525
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 49:15
early days — 3 solves89 / 168
Square-11:05.181:16.43
top 86.7%637 / 805

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 Open 2008: 19.93Shaastra Open 2008: 13.81Indian Open 2009: 16.65Shaastra Open 2009: 16.86Mumbai Open 2010: 16.564th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 16.83Engineer Open 2011: 17.0213.8119.9316 Feb 200829 Oct 2011

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.