People · India
Ved Desai
2×2 · top 0.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022DESA06
Ved Desai has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.07, set at Saraswati Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across three events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 16.20 in November 2022 to 6.52, a 60% improvement. Ved 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.07 | 5.47 | top 0.7% | 39 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 7.52 | top 24.0% | 1,468 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 20.61 | 23.93 | top 41.7% | 5,934 / 20,018 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.20 at Saraswati Open 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Saraswati Open 2023.
- 12 Nov 2022First competition: i.Cube Open 2022. A 39.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pune Unscrambled 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- i.Cube Open 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Namit Kabra — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nachiket Likhite — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.