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Vihaan Venugopal
Pyraminx · top 11.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022VENU01
Vihaan Venugopal has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.67, set at UMBC Winter 2024, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,922nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2022, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.58 in April 2022 to 12.35, a 52% improvement. Vihaan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 9.34 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.35 | 15.04 | top 15.1% | 8,079 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 4.78 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.10 | 10.60 | top 34.4% | 5,813 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.89 | 1:06.85 | top 36.5% | 4,840 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.58 | 1:11.30 | top 41.3% | 6,756 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.38 | 2:45.40 | top 55.7% | 4,704 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 35.68 | 44.01 | top 59.5% | 3,936 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 14 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.56 at River Hill Spring 2022.
- 2 Apr 2022First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2022. A 25.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ian Lees — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jed Silverman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.