People · India
Kiran Ramakrishna Shankar
3×3 · top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011SHAN05
Kiran Ramakrishna Shankar has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.88, set at Brain Studio Cube Open 2014, puts him in the top 36.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,113th in India. Across 7 competitions since October 2011, he has put 31 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.18 in October 2011 to 18.88, a 53% improvement. Kiran has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 18.88 | 24.56 | top 36.7% | 5,113 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:18.68 | — | top 57.6% | 292 / 598 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:10.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,810 / 4,516 |
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
- 15 Nov 2014First sub-20 3×3: 18.88 at Brain Studio Cube Open 2014.
- 12 Apr 2014First sub-30 3×3: 23.60 at Pantheon Cube Open 2014.
- 1 Oct 2011First competition: 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011. A 40.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014 · 26 Sep 2014
- Excellite Cube Open 2014 · 22 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Pantheon Cube Open 2014 · 12 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011 · 1 Oct 2011
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.
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nikhil Mande — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sriram Govind — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.88 away.
- A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 18.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.