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Tarun Kumar

3×3 · top 44.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014KUMA45

Tarun Kumar has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.66, set at REC Cube Open 2015, puts him in the top 44.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,464th in India. Across 4 competitions since November 2014, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.77 in November 2014 to 21.66, a 52% improvement. Tarun has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.5% of 284,439 all-time
21.66
signature single · REC Cube Open 2015
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×321.6627.07
top 44.5%6,464 / 20,018
2×25.977.52
top 50.6%4,899 / 12,146
Pyraminx12.3315.17
top 69.2%4,945 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed1:31.61
early days — 2 solves4,141 / 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

Brain Studio Cube Open 2014: 44.77REC Cube Open 2015: 21.66Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 25.19J Cube Jammu 2017: 23.0521.6644.7715 Nov 201415 Oct 2017

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.