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Tanay Kulkarni

3×3 · top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013KULK01

Tanay Kulkarni has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.25, set at DJ Open 2013, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,308th in India. Across 5 competitions since January 2013, he has put 147 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.16 in January 2013 to 15.25, a 24% improvement. Tanay has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time
15.25
signature single · DJ Open 2013
147
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×315.2516.80
top 25.3%3,308 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed25.0126.98
top 34.2%1,245 / 4,516
4×41:04.901:14.02
top 41.7%1,350 / 4,186
2×25.738.67
top 48.0%4,603 / 12,146
Pyraminx14.3928.17
top 79.5%5,970 / 8,934
5×53:08.043:23.78
top 80.6%1,104 / 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

Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 20.16Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2013: 23.32DJ Open 2013: 15.25Techfest Cube Mania 2014: 16.42Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 16.4315.2523.323 Jan 201310 Jan 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.