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Laxman Saran

3×3 one-handed · top 10.3% of 73,695 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013SARA02

Laxman Saran has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at C3 Cube Open 2014, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 330th in India. Across 12 competitions since March 2013, he has put 533 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.46 in March 2013 to 11.13, a 78% improvement. Laxman has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 10.3% of 73,695 all-time
16.02
signature single · C3 Cube Open 2014
533
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed16.0220.64
top 10.3%330 / 4,516
3×311.1314.32
top 10.9%1,259 / 20,018
2×23.106.03
top 15.4%1,275 / 12,146
Megaminx1:09.951:15.81
top 15.6%144 / 1,443
Pyraminx5.459.89
top 16.1%950 / 8,934
Skewb4.958.22
top 17.7%488 / 3,524
4×445.4154.10
top 18.8%515 / 4,186
5×52:10.942:23.64
top 56.0%732 / 1,525
Square-141.501:12.75
top 67.2%477 / 805
3×3 blindfolded4:15.464:52.95
top 71.4%368 / 598
Clock25.2230.18
top 77.1%728 / 1,092
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 3 solves506 / 600

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

CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 50.46VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 13.80Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 13.83Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 16.16CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 14.81VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 14.62Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 13.13Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 12.85Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 12.71CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 11.78Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 11.1311.1350.4629 Mar 201310 Feb 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.