People · United States
Tapas Gopalakrishna
3×3 · top 11.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019GOPA02
Tapas Gopalakrishna has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.17, set at Cubing with the Viking 2020, puts him in the top 11.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,060th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2019, he has put 47 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in August 2019 to 11.17, a 33% improvement. Tapas 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.17 | 12.31 | top 11.1% | 6,060 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.45 | 5.67 | top 32.4% | 13,064 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 8 cubes · 49:21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 244 / 740 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,759 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 10.94 | 11.35 | top 60.5% | 11,279 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,818 / 2,059 |
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
- 14 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.20 at BA Four 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: Quabbin Summer 2019. A 16.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cambridge Fall Challenge 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tim Kwartler — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- James Donahue — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.