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Subash Karnan

Pyraminx · top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014KARN01

Subash Karnan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.11, set at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in India. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since January 2014, he has put 1,108 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.22 in January 2014 to 2.11, a 60% improvement. Subash has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.3% of 129,321 all-time
2.11
signature single · VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017
1,108
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx2.113.38
top 1.3%67 / 8,934
3×39.5713.52
top 6.3%664 / 20,018
2×22.353.28
top 7.5%593 / 12,146
Skewb4.237.31
top 12.5%331 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed17.0122.42
top 12.6%420 / 4,516
4×456.5559.56
top 32.6%1,003 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.33
top 33.6%139 / 600
Megaminx2:39.002:54.01
top 65.5%771 / 1,443
3×3 blindfolded4:29.93—
top 74.5%388 / 598
5×52:50.453:06.66
top 74.8%1,020 / 1,525

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: 5.22Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 4.66CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 4.54Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 5.75C3 Cube Open 2014: 4.82VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 3.12Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 2.72REC Cube Open 2015: 3.56Indian Nationals 2015: 2.94Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 3.39VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 4.06Tathva Cube Open 2016: 3.08Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 3.20SRM Cube Open 2017: 2.87Indian Nationals 2017: 3.17SSN Cube Open 2017: 3.35VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 2.11NIT Trichy Open 2017: 3.29Grand Cube Open 2017: 3.22Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 3.53CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018: 2.78Daksh Open Cube 2018: 2.98IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 2.94Tathva Cube Open 2018: 3.03Gravitas Cube Open 2018: 3.09CMI Autumn Open 2018: 2.63Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 2.98Tamil Nadu Cube Open 2024: 3.15Side Events Bangalore March 2024: 2.612.115.754 Jan 20142 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.