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Sunil Kumar Madikanti

3×3 blindfolded · top 6.2% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013MADI01

Sunil Kumar Madikanti has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 37.65, set at Cubing ATMOSphere 2014, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in India. Until August 2009, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2013, he has put 106 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.08 in July 2013 to 15.25, a 20% improvement. Sunil has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 6.2% of 12,178 all-time
37.65
signature single · Cubing ATMOSphere 2014
106
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 blindfolded37.65
top 6.2%18 / 598
3×315.2517.04
top 25.3%3,308 / 20,018
Pyraminx7.5513.14
top 32.5%2,056 / 8,934
2×25.287.77
top 42.8%3,996 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed28.4343.62
top 42.9%1,591 / 4,516
4×41:09.981:20.35
top 46.8%1,547 / 4,186
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 9:13
early days — 2 solves131 / 168
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves
early days — 1 solve529 / 600

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

Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 19.08Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 19.07SpringSpree RubiMania 2014: 15.2515.2519.0819 Jul 201322 Feb 2014

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-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 7.65 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.