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Suriyaa Kaliappan

Skewb · top 9.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KALI01

Suriyaa Kaliappan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.83, set at KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 250th in India. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since February 2017, he has put 294 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.72 in February 2017 to 5.41, a 19% improvement. Suriyaa has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 9.8% of 73,281 all-time
3.83
signature single · KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018
294
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb3.837.54
top 9.8%250 / 3,524
Pyraminx5.417.62
top 15.8%932 / 8,934
2×23.265.18
top 17.3%1,450 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed20.7927.57
top 22.7%817 / 4,516
3×314.5617.16
top 22.9%2,960 / 20,018
4×41:41.51
top 71.6%2,547 / 4,186
Megaminx3:00.34
top 74.4%894 / 1,443
5×53:40.53
top 88.5%1,246 / 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

Polyhedra Open 2017: 6.72Indian Nationals 2017: 5.41SCMU 2017: 8.48Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 6.49Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 6.06Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018: 5.48Indian Nationals 2018: 5.82KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 7.43Oculus Cube Open 2020: 8.765.418.7618 Feb 20171 Feb 2020

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.