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Ritwik Patnaik

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016PATN01

Ritwik Patnaik has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at Delhi Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2016, he has put 492 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.88 in March 2016 to 9.33, a 59% improvement. Ritwik has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · Delhi Open 2017
492
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.253.38
top 1.2%83 / 12,146
Pyraminx2.604.31
top 2.5%126 / 8,934
3×39.3311.28
top 5.7%598 / 20,018
Square-110.7014.82
top 7.3%40 / 805
3×3 one-handed15.9018.87
top 10.0%323 / 4,516
Skewb4.066.47
top 11.3%299 / 3,524
Megaminx1:04.711:09.59
top 12.5%110 / 1,443
4×448.5756.35
top 22.8%673 / 4,186
5×52:32.43
early days — 2 solves893 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves
early days — 1 solve357 / 600
3×3 blindfolded4:29.79
early days — 2 solves387 / 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 Nationals 2016: 22.88National Cubing Region Open 2016: 16.82Delhi Open 2017: 11.92Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 12.43Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 12.59Cochin Monsoon Open 2018: 11.48Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 10.44KK Charity Cube Open 2018: 9.45Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 9.33Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 9.629.3322.8825 Mar 201628 Sep 2019

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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.