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Madhav Ponnudurai

3×3 · top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011PONN01

Madhav Ponnudurai has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.61, set at CMI Fiesta Open 2013, puts him in the top 19.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,463rd in India. Across 4 competitions since October 2011, he has put 145 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.50 in October 2011 to 13.61, a 40% improvement. Madhav has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.6% of 284,439 all-time
13.61
signature single · CMI Fiesta Open 2013
145
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×313.6115.88
top 19.6%2,463 / 20,018
2×23.495.13
top 20.1%1,719 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed24.5830.47
top 33.1%1,200 / 4,516
Pyraminx7.9610.60
top 35.9%2,280 / 8,934
4×41:13.711:23.07
top 50.4%1,681 / 4,186
Square-145.9654.12
top 72.1%514 / 805
5×52:47.213:30.68
top 73.6%1,004 / 1,525
Megaminx3:11.843:33.43
top 78.3%961 / 1,443

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

4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 22.50Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 14.84CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 13.61Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 19.7713.6122.501 Oct 201123 Jan 2016

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 1.61 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.