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Sakthi Balan

3×3 · top 85.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2009 · 2009BALA03

Sakthi Balan has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 49.21, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2011, puts her in the top 85.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,703rd in India. Across 2 competitions since October 2009, she has put 8 official solves on the record across one event. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:20.15 in October 2009 to 49.21, a 39% improvement. Sakthi has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 85.4% of 284,439 all-time
49.21
signature single · Pragyan Cube Open 2011
8
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×349.211:03.86
top 85.4%14,703 / 20,018

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

Shaastra Open 2009: 1:20.15Pragyan Cube Open 2011: 49.2149.211:20.152 Oct 200920 Feb 2011

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 9.21 away.

Targets move as she improves.