People · India
Mani Kumar
Skewb · top 2.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014KUMA41
Mani Kumar has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2014, he has put 871 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.55 in October 2014 to 9.40, a 79% improvement. Mani has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.39 | 3.26 | top 2.5% | 49 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.52 | 5.88 | top 5.5% | 319 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 11.04 | top 5.8% | 614 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.67 | top 8.0% | 637 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.08 | 26.20 | top 20.7% | 739 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.41 | 1:57.18 | top 34.3% | 363 / 1,443 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.62 | 1:17.25 | top 40.3% | 1,300 / 4,186 | |
| Square-1 | 29.93 | 44.08 | top 49.3% | 339 / 805 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | — | top 87.2% | 483 / 600 |
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
- 12 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Delhi Open 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at Delhi Open 2017.
- 23 Jul 2016Three personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2016.
- 25 Mar 2016Five personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2016.
- 12 Dec 2015Five personal bests in one day at Plenty o' Parity 2015.
Competitions
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2017 · 23 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Open 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Great Indian Cubeathon 2016 · 8 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Plenty o' Parity 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Delhi Autumn Open 2015 · 17 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Akash Open 2015 · 27 Jun 2015
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing V1.0 2014 · 25 Oct 2014
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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 184 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Akash Rupela — met in 127 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Saransh Tandon — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 95 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.