People · India
Souvik Gain
Skewb · top 8.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017GAIN01
Souvik Gain has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at Inquivesta Cube Open 2017, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 228th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2017, he has put 255 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His Skewb best has come down from 9.51 in January 2017 to 3.70, a 61% improvement. Souvik has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.70 | 6.34 | top 8.9% | 228 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 16.34 | 20.24 | top 28.9% | 3,882 / 20,018 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.67 | 2:14.48 | top 41.3% | 454 / 1,443 | |
| Clock | 13.95 | 16.19 | top 43.6% | 367 / 1,092 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.62 | 1:26.51 | top 44.5% | 1,456 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.98 | 40.29 | top 55.4% | 2,163 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.71 | 3:01.11 | top 74.5% | 1,016 / 1,525 | |
| 2×2 | 9.99 | 18.71 | top 77.9% | 8,269 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.11 | 45.47 | top 88.0% | 6,961 / 8,934 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at CubeHub Open 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at City of Joy Open 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.05 at Inquivesta Cube Open 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017First competition: Cubers East India Open 2017. A 25.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Inquivesta Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
- CubeHub Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- 3rd Guwahati Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- City of Joy Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Inquivesta Cube Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubers East India Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Sujatro Bhadra — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Debanjan Poddar — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Siddhikant Mishra — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.