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Sahil Madnani

2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MADN01

Sahil Madnani has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 312th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2016, he has put 575 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.61 in July 2016 to 12.16, a 66% improvement. Sahil has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.90
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016
575
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.904.43
top 4.2%312 / 12,225
3×312.1614.27
top 14.5%1,779 / 20,146
Pyraminx6.0410.13
top 20.3%1,226 / 8,971
3×3 one-handed21.4926.79
top 24.6%889 / 4,534
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.67
top 26.9%111 / 612
Skewb6.3810.65
top 28.8%815 / 3,548
4×454.161:03.79
top 29.8%920 / 4,220
5×51:49.922:01.99
top 42.6%553 / 1,537
Megaminx1:54.102:10.83
top 42.8%481 / 1,458
Square-136.3549.65
top 60.4%435 / 813
Clock26.0430.98
top 78.5%762 / 1,109
3×3 blindfolded5:37.78—
early days — 2 solves470 / 605
6×66:36.36—
top 93.8%488 / 537

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

National Cubing Region Open 2016: 35.61Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 30.57Cubing Complexity 2016: 21.13MathSoc Open 2017: 20.63Delhi Open 2017: 15.98Lord Of The Minx 2017: 18.66J Cube Jammu 2017: 14.41Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 15.91Raipur Cube Challenge 2.0 2017: 14.43MathSoc Open 2018: 16.07Raipur Summer Cube Open 2018: 16.14Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 12.16LPU National Cube Challenge 2018: 12.4812.1635.6123 Jul 20161 Sep 2018

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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.