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Vishal Malik

3×3 · top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017MALI03

Vishal Malik has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.87, set at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019, puts him in the top 20.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,585th in India. Across 4 competitions since June 2017, he has put 119 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.23 in June 2017 to 13.87, a 20% improvement. Vishal has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.5% of 284,439 all-time
13.87
signature single · PB Smashathon Delhi 2019
119
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×313.8716.49
top 20.5%2,585 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed22.9330.75
top 28.6%1,033 / 4,516
4×458.511:04.42
top 34.9%1,085 / 4,186
5×51:40.211:52.21
top 35.6%439 / 1,525
2×25.866.45
top 49.4%4,779 / 12,146
3×3 blindfolded2:51.20
top 49.9%240 / 598
6×63:59.214:24.49
top 65.1%323 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves
early days — 2 solves375 / 600
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 6 cubes · 1:00:00
early days — 1 solve130 / 168
7×78:35.03
early days — 1 solve328 / 360
Pyraminx21.7724.83
top 94.7%7,909 / 8,934
Skewb30.721:00.10
top 97.3%3,286 / 3,524

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

National Cubing Region Open 2017: 17.23Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 16.12Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 14.18PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 13.8713.8717.2323 Jun 201730 Dec 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.