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Priyanshu Kumar

Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014KUMA42

Priyanshu Kumar has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at MathSoc Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 91st in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since October 2014, he has put 1,400 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.34 in October 2014 to 8.81, a 54% improvement. Priyanshu has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.7% of 129,321 all-time
2.31
signature single · MathSoc Open 2017
1,400
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx2.314.54
top 1.7%91 / 8,934
2×21.722.97
top 3.2%233 / 12,146
3×38.8110.65
top 4.4%438 / 20,018
Skewb3.084.78
top 5.4%128 / 3,524
Square-111.3316.14
top 8.6%48 / 805
4×437.5946.40
top 9.3%251 / 4,186
Megaminx1:08.781:15.63
top 14.9%138 / 1,443
3×3 one-handed21.3123.52
top 24.1%865 / 4,516
5×51:31.841:41.68
top 28.8%340 / 1,525
Clock10.7813.77
top 29.0%249 / 1,092
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves45.33
top 51.8%252 / 600
6×63:30.623:44.27
top 54.9%260 / 531
7×75:59.436:25.14
top 67.6%230 / 360
3×3 blindfolded7:24.29—
early days — 2 solves545 / 598

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

Cubing V1.0 2014: 19.34PB Smashathon 2015: 16.66National Cubing Region Open 2015: 20.08Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 13.62Plenty o' Parity 2015: 12.58MathSoc Open 2016: 12.99Indian Nationals 2016: 14.02National Cubing Region Open 2016: 12.35Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 10.21Cubing Complexity 2016: 10.04MathSoc Open 2017: 11.00Delhi Open 2017: 10.18SNU Open 2017: 10.04National Cubing Region Open 2017: 10.03Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 11.10Lord Of The Minx 2017: 10.36Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 9.29MathSoc Open 2018: 9.30Indian Open 2018: 8.86SNU Open 2018: 8.85Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 9.39Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 8.81PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 10.45Moksha Cubing 2023: 10.37Speedcubing ESYA 2023: 10.458.8120.0825 Oct 201426 Aug 2023

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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.