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Santosh Sopan Pawar

3×3 · top 90.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014PAWA06

Santosh Sopan Pawar has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 58.34, set at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017, puts him in the top 90.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,139th in India. Across 4 competitions since July 2014, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 2:08.80 in August 2014 to 58.34, a 55% improvement. Santosh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 90.8% of 284,439 all-time
58.34
signature single · Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×358.341:21.44
top 90.8%16,139 / 20,018
2×220.8038.70
top 96.0%11,082 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed3:09.95
early days — 2 solves4,475 / 4,516

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 TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 2:08.80DJ Open 2014: 1:18.02Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 58.3458.342:08.8024 Aug 201426 Dec 2017

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-50 3×3 single — 244,718 people have one; it is 8.34 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.