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Mani Barathi

3×3 · top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015BARA01

Mani Barathi has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.46, set at Gravitas Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 12.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,402nd in India. Across 6 competitions since January 2015, he has put 111 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.84 in January 2015 to 11.46, a 39% improvement. Mani has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.0% of 284,439 all-time
11.46
signature single · Gravitas Cube Open 2018
111
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×311.4614.34
top 12.0%1,402 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed22.7327.12
top 28.0%1,007 / 4,516
2×24.766.23
top 36.3%3,314 / 12,146
Pyraminx14.8018.01
top 81.1%6,165 / 8,934

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

Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 18.84REC Cube Open 2015: 16.41Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 13.33SSN Cube Open 2016: 11.81Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 13.66Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 11.4611.4618.843 Jan 201513 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.