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Mandar Shukla
Pyraminx · top 8.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017SHUK05
Mandar Shukla has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.10, set at VES Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,087th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2017, he has put 90 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.84 in August 2017 to 14.00, a 29% improvement. Mandar has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.10 | 6.47 | top 8.2% | 2,087 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 14.00 | 16.66 | top 21.0% | 11,293 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 57.75 | 1:05.34 | top 34.0% | 5,447 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 5.36 | 6.82 | top 43.7% | 17,637 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.33 | 2:26.36 | top 49.7% | 3,698 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.26 | 38.40 | top 51.7% | 7,138 / 15,683 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at VES Cube Open 2019.
- 28 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at VES Cube Open 2019.
- 9 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pune Cube Open 2018.
- 20 Aug 2017First competition: Cerulean 2017. A 19.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VES Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cerulean 2017 · 20 Aug 2017
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.
- Nikhil Soares — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aadit Karve — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Gautam Patwardhan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.