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Ramcharan Bala
3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BALA21
Ramcharan Bala has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at MCC Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,518th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2022, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.71 in December 2022 to 8.85, a 17% improvement. Ramcharan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.85 | 10.42 | top 4.5% | 2,518 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.72 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.36 | 14.75 | top 69.4% | 20,554 / 28,708 |
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
- 19 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at MCC Cube Open 2023.
- 18 Dec 2022First competition: Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022. A 10.71 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022
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.
- Rithish Subramanian Panchi — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Sandeep Rajaram — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.