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Madhav Parthasarathy

3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PART06

Madhav Parthasarathy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at Phoenix Cubing Open 2023, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 592nd in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.92 in December 2022 to 9.31, a 33% improvement. Madhav has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.31
signature single · Phoenix Cubing Open 2023
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.3111.05
top 5.6%592 / 20,018
Pyraminx5.568.81
top 16.8%994 / 8,934
4×451.521:01.33
top 26.6%786 / 4,186
2×24.507.09
top 32.9%2,925 / 12,146

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

AZCubing Winter 2022: 13.92Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 11.31Cubing in Glendale 2023: 10.74Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 9.319.3113.9217 Dec 202210 Dec 2023

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.

  • Rahul Athreya — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Ngan Tran — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.