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Sarvesh Pillay

Skewb · top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016PILL04

Sarvesh Pillay has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at USM Penang Cube 2018, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Malaysia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2016, he has put 292 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.76 in December 2016 to 9.50, a 56% improvement. Sarvesh has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.58
signature single · USM Penang Cube 2018
292
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
Skewb2.588.05
top 3.2%35 / 1,053
3×39.5013.11
top 6.1%301 / 3,773
Pyraminx4.055.50
top 7.9%152 / 1,723
2×22.834.55
top 12.3%328 / 2,541
4×440.8454.12
top 13.1%213 / 1,219
3×3 one-handed18.2232.44
top 15.7%229 / 1,327

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

Malaysia Cube Open 2016: 21.76Forest City Open 2017: 14.79Foon Yew Open 2017: 15.35Malaysia Cube Open 2017: 12.63Batam Rainy Speedcubing 2017: 12.80Malaysian Cube Championship 2017: 12.29Johor Cube Open 2018: 9.50Putra Speedcubing Challenge 2018: 11.48USM Penang Cube 2018: 11.24Forest City Johor Open 2018: 12.539.5021.7620 Dec 201615 Jul 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.