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Kaustubh Joshi

3×3 · top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018JOSH08

Kaustubh Joshi has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.88, set at VES Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,156th in India. Across 5 competitions since May 2018, he has put 113 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.03 in May 2018 to 10.88, a 60% improvement. Kaustubh has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.88
signature single · VES Cube Open 2019
113
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.8812.48
top 10.1%1,156 / 20,018
4×448.3956.00
top 22.6%664 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed25.1830.86
top 34.7%1,255 / 4,516
2×24.706.02
top 35.5%3,226 / 12,146
Pyraminx12.4617.49
top 70.0%5,025 / 8,934
3×3 blindfolded4:42.73
early days — 2 solves405 / 598
Skewb31.75
early days — 2 solves3,303 / 3,524

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 2018: 27.03Pune Cube Open 2018: 16.11Saraswati Open 2019: 13.12IISER Pune Cube Open 2019: 11.13VES Cube Open 2019: 10.8810.8827.0325 May 201828 Apr 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.