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Raghav Ailawadi

2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015AILA02

Raghav Ailawadi has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 210th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2015, he has put 131 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 13.34 in April 2015 to 1.66, an 88% improvement. Raghav has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.66
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016
131
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.665.62
top 2.9%210 / 12,146
Pyraminx8.5214.15
top 40.7%2,626 / 8,934
Skewb8.6017.07
top 45.7%1,283 / 3,524
3×323.0129.56
top 48.0%7,075 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed1:15.49
top 91.1%3,911 / 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

National Cubing Region Open 2015: 13.34Akash Open 2015: 11.71Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 8.20Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 8.39Indian Nationals 2016: 7.36National Cubing Region Open 2016: 4.76Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 1.66Cubing Complexity 2016: 6.32MathSoc Open 2018: 6.031.6613.3411 Apr 201527 Jan 2018

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.