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Kishore Kumar
Pyraminx · top 3.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016KUMA23
Kishore Kumar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at SSN Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 208th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2016, he has put 688 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.06 in August 2016 to 8.52, a 43% improvement. Kishore has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 7.06 | top 3.6% | 208 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 8.52 | 10.10 | top 3.8% | 374 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.48 | top 4.7% | 348 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.90 | 18.10 | top 7.9% | 256 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 38.37 | 44.20 | top 10.2% | 275 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 5.08 | 13.02 | top 18.8% | 523 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.71 | 1:44.00 | top 34.4% | 426 / 1,525 | |
| Clock | 15.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 404 / 1,092 |
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
- 28 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Open 2018.
- 18 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017.
- 31 Dec 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Shaastra Cube Open 2017.
- 31 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2017.
- 24 Sep 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.65 at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016.
- 5 Aug 2016First competition: SSN Cube Open 2016. A 15.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Pragyan Cube Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Chennai Beach House Open 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- C3 Republic Day 2024 · 26 Jan 2024
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024
- Ankuram Open Saturday 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- SSN Cube Saturday 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017 · 8 Jan 2017
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2016 · 5 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Imruthun Meenakshisundaram — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- Vijay Kishore — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.