People · India
Laksh Bhatia
2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016BHAT04
Laksh Bhatia has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2017, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2016, he has put 272 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.22 in January 2016 to 1.70, a 76% improvement. Laksh has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 4.44 | top 3.1% | 224 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.49 | 6.51 | top 5.4% | 308 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 8.87 | top 26.2% | 734 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 16.23 | 17.94 | top 28.6% | 3,824 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.19 | 40.94 | top 51.6% | 1,987 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.65 | 1:42.25 | top 67.7% | 2,394 / 4,186 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Dec 2016Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Complexity 2016.
- 17 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.40 at SCMU 2016.
- 17 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at SCMU 2016.
- 25 Mar 2016Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2016.
- 27 Feb 2016Five personal bests in one day at MathSoc Open 2016.
- 8 Jan 2016First competition: Great Indian Cubeathon 2016. A 27.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Speedcubing ESYA 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- Speedcubing ESYA 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Great Indian Cubeathon 2016 · 8 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best 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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kunal Oak — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lakshay Sharma — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.