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Lakshay Modi

Square-1 · top 3.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014MODI01

Lakshay Modi has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Delhi Open 2017, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14th in India. Until November 2013, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2014, he has put 896 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Square-1 best has come down from 2:07.35 in January 2015 to 8.02, a 94% improvement. Lakshay has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 3.0% of 25,272 all-time
8.02
signature single · Delhi Open 2017
896
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Square-18.0210.73
top 3.0%14 / 805
Pyraminx4.548.43
top 10.5%602 / 8,934
Clock7.648.53
top 13.5%109 / 1,092
3×312.3614.34
top 15.1%1,860 / 20,018
4×444.3754.89
top 17.5%486 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed19.0725.94
top 18.0%622 / 4,516
2×23.445.19
top 19.4%1,642 / 12,146
Skewb5.528.83
top 22.1%611 / 3,524
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves36.67
top 23.4%88 / 600
3×3 blindfolded1:42.002:10.92
top 27.3%115 / 598
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 6 cubes · 42:37—
top 31.1%38 / 168
5×52:06.892:24.04
top 53.6%693 / 1,525
Megaminx2:16.302:36.80
top 54.4%628 / 1,443
4×4 blindfolded13:17.00—
top 71.7%46 / 69
6×64:23.924:52.88
top 72.9%372 / 531
7×76:53.517:33.17
top 79.0%281 / 360

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

PB Smashathon 2015: 2:07.35FMCed 2015: 25.53National Cubing Region Open 2015: 23.42Akash Open 2015: 19.61Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 17.15Plenty o' Parity 2015: 12.11Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 13.20Indian Nationals 2016: 10.61National Cubing Region Open 2016: 9.44Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 8.70MathSoc Open 2017: 9.52Delhi Open 2017: 8.02National Cubing Region Open 2017: 9.51Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 9.97Delhi Monsoon Open 2018: 9.69CMI Autumn Open 2018: 11.13CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 11.778.022:07.3517 Jan 20151 Feb 2019

Best single per competition, Square-1. 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-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.