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Lokesh Varadaraj

3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016VARA01

Lokesh Varadaraj has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.73, set at Anokha Cubing Royale 2017, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,029th in India. Across 4 competitions since January 2016, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.28 in January 2016 to 12.73, a 37% improvement. Lokesh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time
12.73
signature single · Anokha Cubing Royale 2017
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.7316.98
top 16.5%2,029 / 20,018
2×24.455.49
top 32.3%2,864 / 12,146
4×457.751:10.57
top 34.0%1,057 / 4,186
Pyraminx10.1612.86
top 54.3%3,655 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed43.8349.07
top 70.3%2,845 / 4,516

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 20.28Anokha Cubing Royale 2017: 12.73Anokha Cubing Royale 2018: 14.7812.7320.2823 Jan 201624 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.