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Varada Desikan
3×3 · top 29.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013DESI01
Varada Desikan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.36, set at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,895th in India. Across 4 competitions since March 2013, he has put 43 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.78 in March 2013 to 16.36, a 31% improvement. Varada has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.36 | 21.38 | top 29.0% | 3,895 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 5.00 | 6.19 | top 39.3% | 3,635 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.39 | 45.03 | top 54.2% | 2,108 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2014First sub-20 3×3: 17.78 at Shaastra Cube Open 2014.
- 29 Mar 2013First competition: CMI Fiesta Open 2013. A 23.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shaastra Cube Open 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Fiesta Open 2013 · 29 Mar 2013
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.
- Vedantha Sai — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- M Aashrit Krishna Sankaran — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Vel Raam — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.