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Niranjan Santhanakrishnan

3×3 · top 28.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2012 · 2012SANT08

Niranjan Santhanakrishnan has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.16, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2014, puts him in the top 28.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,790th in India. Across 2 competitions since February 2012, he has put 35 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.71 in February 2012 to 16.16, a 37% improvement. Niranjan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 28.3% of 284,439 all-time
16.16
signature single · Pragyan Cube Open 2014
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×316.1617.34
top 28.3%3,790 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed27.7537.08
top 41.3%1,516 / 4,516
2×27.299.91
top 62.7%6,297 / 12,146
4×41:44.39
early days — 2 solves2,625 / 4,186

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

Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 25.71Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 16.1616.1625.7126 Feb 20128 Mar 2014

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.