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Kesava Kirupa

3×3 · top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011KIRU01

Kesava Kirupa has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.56, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2016, puts him in the top 0.91% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in India. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2011, he has put 1,705 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:11.36 in October 2011 to 6.56, a 91% improvement. Kesava has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.91% of 284,439 all-time
6.56
signature single · Shaastra Cube Open 2016
1,705
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.568.76
top 0.91%86 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed10.4514.05
top 1.4%42 / 4,516
2×21.472.71
top 2.0%152 / 12,146
Pyraminx3.827.04
top 6.8%391 / 8,934
4×435.6339.84
top 7.3%196 / 4,186
5×51:16.231:29.12
top 16.2%177 / 1,525
Skewb4.867.79
top 17.1%470 / 3,524
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves43.33
top 23.4%88 / 600
Megaminx1:23.231:48.01
top 23.9%235 / 1,443
Clock12.1414.96
top 35.6%302 / 1,092
6×63:06.813:20.08
top 44.2%194 / 531
3×3 blindfolded2:52.09—
top 50.2%243 / 598
7×75:03.305:16.71
top 51.6%169 / 360
Square-146.331:03.53
top 72.5%519 / 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

4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 1:11.36Amrita Cube Championship 2012: 18.17Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 16.48Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 14.25Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 12.02CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 10.83Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 10.57VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 11.61Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 9.89Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 8.99Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 10.39C3 Cube Open 2014: 10.03Indian Nationals 2014: 8.41VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 9.00Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 8.16REC Cube Open 2015: 8.08Indian Nationals 2015: 8.88Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 6.56Indian Nationals 2016: 7.90SSN Cube Open 2016: 6.98Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 7.10World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.17SSN Cube Open 2017: 8.54Cerulean 2017: 7.86Indian Nationals 2019: 8.166.561:11.361 Oct 201111 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.