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Ved Topkar

3×3 · top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009TOPK02

Ved Topkar has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.16, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,626th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2009, he has put 70 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.52 in April 2009 to 13.16, a 50% improvement. Ved has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.16
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1616.76
top 18.0%9,626 / 59,724
2×23.335.96
top 18.1%7,108 / 40,951
4×41:26.751:49.42
top 61.2%10,679 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed40.6151.72
top 66.1%9,395 / 15,683
5×53:24.25
early days — 2 solves7,874 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded6:49.33
early days — 1 solve1,895 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve1,918 / 2,040

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: 26.52Boulder 2009: 21.56United States National Championships 2011: 16.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 13.1613.1626.5225 Apr 200920 May 2017

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

The story so far

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.

  • AJ Blair — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Jackson Warley — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dan Dzoan — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.