People · India
Kesavan Venkada
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019VENK08
Kesavan Venkada has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at 1st Salem Open 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 160th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2019, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.70 in May 2019 to 7.36, a 56% improvement. Kesavan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.36 | 9.74 | top 1.8% | 160 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 5.51 | top 7.0% | 542 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.89 | 18.61 | top 12.3% | 405 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.39 | 12.93 | top 39.6% | 2,539 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.22 | 1:49.60 | top 56.1% | 1,921 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 16.51 | 26.33 | top 82.8% | 2,535 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jun 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.34 at 1st Salem Open 2022.
- 26 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at 1st Salem Open 2022.
- 26 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at 1st Salem Open 2022.
- 25 May 2019First competition: Bengaluru Summer Open 2019. A 16.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
- KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022 · 31 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- 1st Salem Open 2022 · 26 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer Open 2019 · 25 May 2019
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.
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mohamed Arif — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.