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Raj Chidambaram
3×3 · top 36.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2011 · 2011CHID01
Raj Chidambaram has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.68, set at Harvard Spring 2012, puts him in the top 36.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,306th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2011, he has put 51 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.08 in November 2011 to 18.68, a 31% improvement. Raj has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.68 | 22.31 | top 36.2% | 20,306 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.46 | 7.69 | top 55.6% | 22,723 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 2:19.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 16,967 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Apr 2012First sub-20 3×3: 18.68 at Harvard Spring 2012.
- 5 Nov 2011First competition: Liberty Science Center Open 2011. A 27.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yale Fall 2012 · 8 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Spring 2012 · 7 Apr 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2012 · 3 Mar 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Bridgewater Open 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
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.
- Zach Goldman — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kian Barry — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rowe Hessler — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.68 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.