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Tarak Jain

Skewb · top 13.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017JAIN28

Tarak Jain has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.35, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 356th in India. Across 7 competitions since December 2017, he has put 84 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:25.01 in December 2017 to 23.14, a 73% improvement. Tarak has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 13.4% of 73,281 all-time
4.35
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023
84
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Skewb4.357.13
top 13.4%356 / 3,524
Pyraminx6.9412.27
top 27.4%1,668 / 8,934
3×323.1425.72
top 48.3%7,127 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed1:17.901:51.01
top 91.8%3,953 / 4,516

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

Five Rivers Cube Open 2017: 1:25.01LPU National Cube Challenge 2018: 29.07Five Rivers Cube Open 2018: 31.18BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2018: 29.06Chandigarh Open 2019: 23.68PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 23.14Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023: 23.5923.141:25.013 Dec 201717 Feb 2023

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-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.