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Neelesh Padmanabh

Pyraminx · top 42.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017PADM01

Neelesh Padmanabh has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Wellspring Open 2017, puts him in the top 42.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,716th in India. Across 3 competitions since May 2017, he has put 36 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.85 in May 2017 to 28.30, a 37% improvement. Neelesh has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 42.1% of 129,321 all-time
8.68
signature single · Wellspring Open 2017
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx8.6813.41
top 42.1%2,716 / 8,934
2×26.468.81
top 55.6%5,466 / 12,146
3×328.3036.62
top 59.4%9,271 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed2:13.36
early days — 2 solves4,388 / 4,516

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

Sunmarke Dubai Open 2017: 44.85Wellspring Open 2017: 28.30Sunmarke Dubai Open 2018: 29.6828.3044.8513 May 201710 Mar 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-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.