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Vishal Gopal

3×3 · top 35.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011GOPA01

Vishal Gopal has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.48, set at Indian Cube Challenge 2014, puts him in the top 35.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,922nd in India. Across 4 competitions since August 2011, he has put 47 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.63 in August 2011 to 18.48, a 53% improvement. Vishal has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.6% of 284,439 all-time
18.48
signature single · Indian Cube Challenge 2014
47
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×318.4822.53
top 35.6%4,922 / 20,018
Pyraminx8.7014.31
top 42.2%2,726 / 8,934
2×27.0414.62
top 60.8%6,074 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed53.261:12.66
top 79.5%3,281 / 4,516
Square-12:48.96
early days — 2 solves799 / 805

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

Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011: 39.634th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 31.36Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 21.24Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 18.4818.4839.6320 Aug 201115 Aug 2014

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.48 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.