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Madhava Rajan

Pyraminx · top 5.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018RAJA04

Madhava Rajan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.52, set at CMI Autumn Open 2018, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 319th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2018, he has put 159 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.06 in March 2018 to 10.43, a 50% improvement. Madhava has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.5% of 129,321 all-time
3.52
signature single · CMI Autumn Open 2018
159
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.527.02
top 5.5%319 / 8,934
2×22.164.86
top 5.9%455 / 12,146
3×310.4312.71
top 8.7%988 / 20,018
4×447.6651.93
top 21.7%634 / 4,186
Skewb6.258.02
top 27.7%776 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed24.6632.07
top 33.3%1,210 / 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

Takshashila Cube Open 2018: 21.06SRM Cube Open 2018: 19.60IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 13.34Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 10.98CMI Autumn Open 2018: 10.4310.4321.063 Mar 201827 Oct 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.