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Shivesh Balamurugan

3×3 · top 60.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016BALA18

Shivesh Balamurugan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.94, set at VDCA Winter Open 2019, puts him in the top 60.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,517th in India. Across 4 competitions since November 2016, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.93 in November 2016 to 28.94, a 47% improvement. Shivesh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 60.6% of 284,439 all-time
28.94
signature single · VDCA Winter Open 2019
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×328.9442.95
top 60.6%9,517 / 20,018
2×27.529.26
top 64.4%6,508 / 12,146
Pyraminx11.9015.52
top 66.6%4,682 / 8,934
Skewb19.8922.24
top 89.5%2,820 / 3,524

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

Montfort Championship 2016: 54.93NIT Trichy Open 2017: 34.55Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018: 36.93VDCA Winter Open 2019: 28.9428.9454.9326 Nov 201613 Jan 2019

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 3.94 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.