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Rithvik Ganesh

Pyraminx · top 0.99% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014GANE04

Rithvik Ganesh has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at APJ BLD Open 2017, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2014, he has put 994 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.91 in August 2014 to 8.93, a 50% improvement. Rithvik has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.99% of 129,321 all-time
1.91
signature single · APJ BLD Open 2017
994
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx1.913.13
top 0.99%44 / 8,934
Skewb2.746.12
top 3.8%78 / 3,524
3×38.9310.20
top 4.7%472 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed14.2717.16
top 6.6%205 / 4,516
4×435.2944.41
top 7.0%184 / 4,186
2×22.373.21
top 7.7%609 / 12,146
5×51:25.301:38.95
top 23.5%269 / 1,525
Megaminx1:46.882:14.62
top 38.6%423 / 1,443
Square-126.1431.38
top 41.8%289 / 805
7×74:58.005:45.37
top 50.0%159 / 360
6×63:20.623:33.18
top 50.8%232 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves46.33
early days — 3 solves314 / 600
Clock20.7022.31
top 66.7%598 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded4:22.31
top 72.9%378 / 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

Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 17.91Brain Studio Cube Open 2014: 12.73Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 11.88APJ BLD Open 2015: 11.32Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 10.41IIA Summer Open 2016: 10.48IIA Summer Open April 2017: 10.14IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 9.43Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 10.07APJ BLD Open 2017: 9.38Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 9.24Bangalore Open 2018: 9.32Forum Monsoon Open 2019: 9.43Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022: 8.94Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 9.02Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023: 8.938.9317.9115 Aug 201427 May 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.