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Manasij Venkatesh

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011VENK02

Manasij Venkatesh has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.24, set at 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,307th in India. Across 4 competitions since August 2011, he has put 92 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.47 in August 2011 to 11.24, a 22% improvement. Manasij has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.24
signature single · 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011
92
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×311.2414.08
top 11.2%1,307 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed17.7127.58
top 14.3%492 / 4,516
2×23.474.17
top 19.8%1,697 / 12,146
3×3 blindfolded1:49.84
early days — 3 solves129 / 598
4×455.221:00.81
top 31.0%948 / 4,186
5×52:10.912:38.36
top 56.0%731 / 1,525

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

Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011: 14.474th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 11.24Engineer Open 2011: 11.55Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 11.5211.2414.4720 Aug 201126 Feb 2012

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.