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Rahul Kumar

3×3 · top 89.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2010 · 2010KUMA08

Rahul Kumar has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 55.21, set at United States National Championships 2011, puts him in the top 89.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54,583rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2010, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:33.34 in April 2010 to 55.21, a 41% improvement. Rahul has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 89.3% of 284,439 all-time
55.21
signature single · United States National Championships 2011
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×355.211:06.24
top 89.3%54,583 / 59,724
2×216.4023.37
top 92.4%38,375 / 40,951

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

Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 1:33.34Ohio Open 2010: 1:12.22DeVry University Open 2010: 1:01.36United States National Championships 2011: 55.2155.211:33.3418 Apr 201012 Aug 2011

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 5.21 away.
  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 1.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.