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Vishal Samal

3×3 · top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SAMA05

Vishal Samal has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.89, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018, puts him in the top 17.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,113th in India. Across 3 competitions since August 2018, he has put 41 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.02 in August 2018 to 12.89, a 24% improvement. Vishal has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.0% of 284,439 all-time
12.89
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.8915.11
top 17.0%2,113 / 20,018
4×448.3051.53
top 22.5%659 / 4,186
5×51:44.732:03.90
top 38.9%491 / 1,525
7×76:24.707:01.50
early days — 3 solves254 / 360
6×64:41.394:49.64
early days — 3 solves397 / 531

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

Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 17.02Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 12.89Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 13.3812.8917.0218 Aug 201824 Aug 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 0.89 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.