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Saurabh Vaidya

3×3 · top 55.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013VAID02

Saurabh Vaidya has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.31, set at DJ Open 2014, puts him in the top 55.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,475th in India. Across 5 competitions since October 2013, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:16.38 in October 2013 to 26.31, a 66% improvement. Saurabh has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 55.4% of 284,439 all-time
26.31
signature single · DJ Open 2014
45
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×326.3130.24
top 55.4%8,475 / 20,018
Pyraminx13.9217.78
top 77.5%5,753 / 8,934
2×210.3112.25
top 79.1%8,424 / 12,146
4×42:31.92
early days — 3 solves3,536 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed1:53.64
early days — 1 solve4,320 / 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

DJ Open 2013: 1:16.38Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 50.30Indian Nationals 2014: 29.74National TPoly Rubik's Cube Open 2014: 27.51DJ Open 2014: 26.3126.311:16.385 Oct 201318 Oct 2014

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.