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Palanikannan Murugappan

3×3 · top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015PALA11

Palanikannan Murugappan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.32, set at SCMU ICT Open 2016, puts him in the top 38.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,313th in India. Across 2 competitions since December 2015, he has put 12 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.57 in December 2015 to 19.32, a 32% improvement. Palanikannan has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time
19.32
signature single · SCMU ICT Open 2016
12
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×319.3220.56
top 38.0%5,313 / 20,018

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 28.57SCMU ICT Open 2016: 19.3219.3228.5726 Dec 201512 Mar 2016

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 4.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.