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Vamshi Arugonda

3×3 · top 94.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009ARUG01

Vamshi Arugonda has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:07.18, set at Boulder 2009, puts him in the top 94.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57,151st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2009, he has put 17 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:16.15 in April 2009 to 1:07.18, a 12% improvement. Vamshi has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 94.1% of 284,439 all-time
1:07.18
signature single · Boulder 2009
17
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:07.181:11.08
top 94.1%57,151 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:46.653:20.90
top 97.1%15,171 / 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

Denver Open 2009: 1:16.15Aurora Summer competition 2009: 1:14.11Boulder 2009: 1:07.181:07.181:16.1525 Apr 200919 Sep 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 25 Apr 2009First competition: Denver Open 2009. A 1:16.15 3×3 single to start from.

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-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 7.18 away.
  • A sub-1:30 3×3 one-handed single — 69,906 people have one; it is 16.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.