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Lijay Venkat
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022VENK16
Lijay Venkat has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Tamil Nadu Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2022, he has put 126 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.32 in December 2022 to 9.20, a 19% improvement. Lijay has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 4.27 | top 3.5% | 203 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 9.97 | top 5.3% | 566 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 3.64 | top 10.1% | 830 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 7.03 | 7.63 | top 33.9% | 954 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.62 | 27.38 | top 35.8% | 1,300 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,261 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 31.38 | 37.16 | top 52.0% | 358 / 805 |
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
- 24 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Sunday 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at MCC Cube Open 2023.
- 18 Dec 2022First competition: Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022. A 11.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Tamil Nadu Cube Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024
- SSN Cube Sunday 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
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.
- Shreyash Boddepalli — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Anantha Narayanan Padhuru Madanlal — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.