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Linkesh Chidambara Kumaran

3×3 · top 53.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016KUMA32

Linkesh Chidambara Kumaran has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.43, set at VDCA Winter Open 2019, puts him in the top 53.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,147th in India. Across 4 competitions since November 2016, he has put 47 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.63 in November 2016 to 25.43, a 34% improvement. Linkesh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 53.6% of 284,439 all-time
25.43
signature single · VDCA Winter Open 2019
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×325.4330.46
top 53.6%8,147 / 20,018
Skewb9.8817.02
top 54.2%1,549 / 3,524
2×27.9010.88
top 67.2%6,859 / 12,146
Pyraminx13.1115.77
top 73.5%5,366 / 8,934

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

Montfort Championship 2016: 38.63Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 30.56VDCA Winter Open 2019: 25.43VSVN Cube Open 2019: 30.6925.4338.6326 Nov 201617 Nov 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.88 away.

Targets move as he improves.