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Sudarshan Sampathkumar

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012SAMP03

Sudarshan Sampathkumar has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at SRM Cube Open 2017, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,135th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since October 2012, he has put 450 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.68 in October 2012 to 10.84, a 62% improvement. Sudarshan has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.84
signature single · SRM Cube Open 2017
450
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×310.8413.09
top 10.0%1,135 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed19.5124.56
top 19.2%678 / 4,516
2×23.524.97
top 20.5%1,762 / 12,146
Pyraminx6.8110.63
top 26.3%1,601 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves42.00
top 40.9%179 / 600
4×41:06.811:16.66
top 43.8%1,435 / 4,186
5×52:39.133:03.50
top 70.1%945 / 1,525
Megaminx3:41.584:17.08
top 86.3%1,107 / 1,443
Square-12:42.174:32.67
top 99.4%796 / 805

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

Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 28.68Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 15.86Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 15.66CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 15.19VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 13.40Tathva Cube Open 2013: 11.74Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 13.32Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 12.09CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 11.83Indian Nationals 2015: 12.87Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 11.90Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 13.65Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 11.76SRM Cube Open 2017: 10.84Ban Parity Open 2017: 11.5410.8428.686 Oct 20128 Apr 2017

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.