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Nachiappan Chokalingam

3×3 · top 62.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009CHOK02

Nachiappan Chokalingam has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.01, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2012, puts him in the top 62.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,908th in India. Across 7 competitions since October 2009, he has put 80 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:42.09 in October 2009 to 30.01, an 81% improvement. Nachiappan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 62.5% of 284,439 all-time
30.01
signature single · Pragyan Cube Open 2012
80
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×330.0135.13
top 62.5%9,908 / 20,018
2×210.3212.95
top 79.2%8,429 / 12,146
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves
early days — 1 solve515 / 600
Pyraminx20.3426.11
top 93.3%7,689 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed1:24.18
top 93.6%4,051 / 4,516
4×43:31.645:31.12
top 98.3%4,000 / 4,186
5×58:13.23
early days — 1 solve1,517 / 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

Shaastra Open 2009: 2:42.09Chennai Cube Challenge 2009: 1:37.53Shaastra Cube Open 2010: 51.36Pragyan Cube Open 2011: 37.054th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 34.55Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 30.01Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 33.1630.012:42.092 Oct 20092 Mar 2013

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.