People · Canada
Thulshan Kanesan
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016KANE01
Thulshan Kanesan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Oakville Limited Fall 2017, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 394th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2016, he has put 229 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.07 in June 2016 to 8.67, a 34% improvement. Thulshan 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 10.76 | top 4.1% | 394 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.29 | top 8.6% | 556 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 53.57 | 1:00.99 | top 29.0% | 748 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.02 | 27.89 | top 34.3% | 756 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.80 | 10.78 | top 34.5% | 1,566 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.25 | 2:05.71 | top 45.5% | 582 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 2:40.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 815 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 1:23.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 885 / 952 |
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
- 11 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Fall 2017.
- 17 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Toronto Limited Fall 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016.
- 18 Jun 2016First competition: Newmarket Open 2016. A 13.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Pickering 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Zeeland Open 2016 · 30 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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.
- Jonathan Esparaz — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Shei — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jonathan Tan Wei Xiat — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.