People · United States
Tarun Ganeshkumar
2×2 · top 16.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017GANE07
Tarun Ganeshkumar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.15, set at Brooklyn 2018, puts him in the top 16.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,261st in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2017, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.16 in December 2017 to 18.30, a 65% improvement. Tarun has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 6.04 | top 16.0% | 6,261 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.30 | 25.53 | top 35.0% | 19,538 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.04 | 14.33 | top 55.2% | 10,022 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.51 | 15.74 | top 56.9% | 16,675 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 59.27 | — | top 83.2% | 5,566 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.95 | — | top 83.9% | 12,564 / 15,683 |
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
- 8 Jul 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.30 at Brooklyn 2018.
- 8 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at Brooklyn 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-30 3×3: 28.90 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 10 Dec 2017First competition: Cubing with the Viking 2017. A 52.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018 · 7 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017
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.
- Derek White — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Quinn — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.