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Sripad Sarma Katrapati

3×3 one-handed · top 0.31% of 73,695 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014KATR01

Sripad Sarma Katrapati has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 0.31% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in India. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2014, he has put 1,266 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.17 in January 2014 to 7.09, a 59% improvement. Sripad has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.31% of 73,695 all-time
8.49
signature single · CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019
1,266
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed8.4912.14
top 0.31%8 / 4,516
3×37.098.79
top 1.4%125 / 20,018
2×21.534.13
top 2.3%167 / 12,146
4×435.5443.64
top 7.2%193 / 4,186
Megaminx1:08.661:15.10
top 14.9%135 / 1,443
5×51:16.091:29.80
top 16.2%176 / 1,525
Pyraminx10.2416.40
top 54.9%3,709 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 3 solves279 / 600
Skewb12.7618.60
top 69.7%2,067 / 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

Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 17.17CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 17.76Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 9.86REC Cube Open 2015: 9.51Indian Nationals 2015: 9.82REC Cube Challenge 2015: 9.91Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 8.07Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 9.03Indian Nationals 2016: 9.60Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 8.59Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 8.68Indian Nationals 2017: 7.50City of Joy Open 2017: 8.74Grand Cube Open 2017: 9.30Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 8.06CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 7.42Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 8.16Daksh Open Cube 2018: 8.28Indian Nationals 2018: 7.09IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 7.37Bangalore Open 2018: 7.35Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 8.23CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 8.44Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 8.31Pragyan Cube Open 2019: 7.48Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 7.97SSN Cube Open 2019: 7.60Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 7.16Raipur Cube Carnival 2019: 8.37C3 Cup Finale 2019: 8.28CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 7.76SSN Cube Open 2022: 7.937.0917.764 Jan 201412 Mar 2022

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-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.