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Vishnu Jayan

3×3 one-handed · top 5.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013JAYA03

Vishnu Jayan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.89, set at Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in India. Until September 2009, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2013, he has put 343 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.46 in October 2013 to 9.86, a 40% improvement. Vishnu has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 5.9% of 73,695 all-time
13.89
signature single · Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017
343
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed13.8918.70
top 5.9%178 / 4,516
3×39.8611.16
top 7.1%763 / 20,018
2×22.604.41
top 9.9%807 / 12,146
Pyraminx7.0615.42
top 28.4%1,738 / 8,934
4×41:32.621:41.46
top 65.6%2,297 / 4,186

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

Tathva Cube Open 2013: 16.46Tathva Cube Open 2014: 13.30Tathva Cube Open 2015: 13.61VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 11.28Tathva Cube Open 2016: 11.97Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 11.28Malabar Open 2017: 11.93Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 10.78Amrita Cube Open 2020: 12.45Cult A Way Cube Open 2020: 9.869.8616.4619 Oct 20139 Feb 2020

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 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.