People · India
Varun Menon
2×2 · top 7.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014SUBR01
Varun Menon has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Brain Studio Winter Open 2015, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 570th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2014, he has put 338 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.82 in April 2014 to 11.90, a 75% improvement. Varun has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 4.29 | top 7.3% | 570 / 12,225 | |
| Skewb | 3.72 | 6.19 | top 9.1% | 235 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 | 11.90 | 14.33 | top 13.6% | 1,642 / 20,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.78 | 6.11 | top 18.4% | 1,104 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.97 | 37.14 | top 46.7% | 1,761 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.69 | 1:24.86 | top 50.4% | 1,703 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | top 62.6% | 320 / 612 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.31 | 3:23.45 | top 77.6% | 1,071 / 1,537 | |
| Megaminx | 4:23.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,254 / 1,458 |
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
- 25 Dec 2015Four personal bests in one day at Brain Studio Winter Open 2015.
- 29 May 2015First sub-20 3×3: 11.90 at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 29 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.90 at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 29 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 15 Aug 2014First sub-30 3×3: 22.99 at Indian Cube Challenge 2014.
- 15 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at Indian Cube Challenge 2014.
Competitions
- Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- IIA Summer Open April 2017 · 22 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cube On Bengaluru 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Winter Open 2015 · 25 Dec 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- APJ BLD Open 2015 · 31 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2014 · 15 Aug 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Pantheon Cube Open 2014 · 12 Apr 2014
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.
- Shlok Mongia — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Rahul Singh — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Anudeep Turaga — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.