People · United States
Vihan Kumar
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022KUMA35
Vihan Kumar has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at New York Yopen 2022, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,068th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2022, he has put 167 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.68 in September 2022 to 8.46, a 21% improvement. Vihan 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 9.89 | top 3.7% | 2,068 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.04 | 6.33 | top 3.8% | 1,000 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 3.68 | top 4.4% | 1,731 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.47 | 7.54 | top 7.5% | 1,171 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.74 | 20.11 | top 9.6% | 1,279 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.48 | 52.80 | top 20.1% | 3,058 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.24 | 1:28.35 | top 20.9% | 1,623 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.87 | 1:49.22 | top 31.3% | 2,206 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:48.87 | 3:00.42 | top 35.5% | 1,275 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 14.47 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,689 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 28.11 | 44.29 | top 45.9% | 2,981 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 5:35.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,828 / 3,184 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.46 at New York Yopen 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First competition: Princeton Fall 2022. A 13.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubes on the Bayside 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Livia Kleiner — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Hughes — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.