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Surya Kanakaraj

3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012KANA02

Surya Kanakaraj has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.02, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2016, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,719th in India. Across 8 competitions since October 2012, he has put 126 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 3×3 best has come down from 45.75 in October 2012 to 16.02, a 65% improvement. Surya has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time
16.02
signature single · Shaastra Cube Open 2016
126
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
3×316.0219.90
top 27.9%3,719 / 20,018
2×24.976.91
top 39.0%3,591 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed28.4838.60
top 43.1%1,597 / 4,516
Pyraminx11.3215.72
top 62.8%4,340 / 8,934
4×41:33.30
top 66.0%2,322 / 4,186
Square-11:44.48
early days — 2 solves757 / 805
5×55:20.46
early days — 3 solves1,437 / 1,525
Megaminx5:47.97
early days — 1 solve1,376 / 1,443

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: 45.75Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 22.52CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 23.58VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 18.11Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 18.69Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 19.42Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 18.11Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 16.0216.0245.756 Oct 201223 Jan 2016

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.