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Parth Upadhyay

3×3 · top 45.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2005 · 2005UPAD01

Parth Upadhyay has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.98, set at Austin Open 2008, puts him in the top 45.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,165th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2005, he has put 28 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.42 in August 2005 to 21.98, a 55% improvement. Parth has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.4% of 284,439 all-time
21.98
signature single · Austin Open 2008
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.9825.54
top 45.4%26,165 / 59,724
4×43:49.09
early days — 1 solve18,952 / 19,072

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

Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005: 48.42Rubik's World Championship 2005: 35.63Austin Open 2008: 21.98Houston Open 2009: 23.9121.9848.4213 Aug 20051 Aug 2009

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
  • A sub-3:00 4×4 single — 80,930 people have one; it is 49.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.