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Saumit Kale
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014KALE02
Saumit Kale has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,347th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since December 2014, he has put 240 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.93 in December 2014 to 9.37, a 69% improvement. Saumit has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 8.11 | top 5.2% | 1,347 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.37 | 11.76 | top 5.8% | 3,207 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 3.97 | top 11.3% | 4,435 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.62 | 8.79 | top 30.6% | 5,057 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.91 | 30.37 | top 39.1% | 5,209 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 42.32 | — | top 68.2% | 4,483 / 6,743 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 9 Jan 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.73 at Red Cross Cubing Open 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015Four personal bests in one day at Liberty Science 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.24 at River Hill Winter 2015.
- 13 Dec 2014First competition: Red Cross Cubing Open 2014. A 29.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017 · 22 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014
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.
- Eva Kato — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Daniel Goodman — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.