People · India
Sundar Balamurugan
2×2 · top 48.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2013 · 2013BALA05
Sundar Balamurugan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.79, set at Bit Cube Open 2017, puts him in the top 48.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,724th in India. Across 5 competitions since September 2013, he has put 88 official solves on the record across eight events. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.01 in January 2014 to 26.32, an 18% improvement. Sundar has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.79 | 7.24 | top 48.7% | 4,724 / 12,225 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.74 | 2:25.42 | top 53.8% | 632 / 1,458 | |
| 3×3 | 26.32 | 33.39 | top 55.5% | 8,536 / 20,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.25 | 17.20 | top 74.3% | 5,478 / 8,971 | |
| 4×4 | 2:06.33 | — | top 84.5% | 3,150 / 4,220 | |
| 5×5 | 3:25.49 | 4:00.11 | top 85.4% | 1,197 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:09.03 | 1:32.97 | top 88.6% | 3,798 / 4,534 | |
| Skewb | 20.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,874 / 3,548 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at Bit Cube Open 2017.
- 3 Mar 2017First sub-30 3×3: 29.28 at Anokha Cubing Royale 2017.
- 3 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at Anokha Cubing Royale 2017.
- 24 Sep 2016Four personal bests in one day at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016.
- 28 Sep 2013First competition: VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013.
Competitions
- Bit Cube Open 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2017 · 3 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013
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.
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saravanan Gowthaman — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-2:00 Megaminx single — 16,180 people have one; it is 14.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.