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Srivatsa Potdar

3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017POTD01

Srivatsa Potdar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Hyderabad Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 608th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2017, he has put 132 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.33 in October 2017 to 9.38, a 39% improvement. Srivatsa has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time
9.38
signature single · Hyderabad Cube Open 2019
132
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×39.3811.74
top 5.8%608 / 20,018
2×22.633.62
top 10.2%843 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed19.8622.32
top 20.1%716 / 4,516
Pyraminx7.0810.21
top 28.5%1,753 / 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

Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 15.33Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 12.90Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 13.61Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2018: 12.63Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 9.389.3815.3328 Oct 201728 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.