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Vivek Kumar

Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017KUMA15

Vivek Kumar has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at Forum Monsoon Open 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2017, he has put 630 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:25.85 in March 2017 to 10.77, an 87% improvement. Vivek has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx

best event — top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time

3.25

signature single · Forum Monsoon Open 2019

630

official solves on the record

12%

solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked

Event	PB single	PB average		India
Pyraminx	3.25	5.73	top 4.5%	255 / 8,934
2×2	2.45	3.70	top 8.4%	680 / 12,146
3×3	10.77	12.22	top 9.8%	1,109 / 20,018
Skewb	4.64	6.40	top 15.5%	420 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed	18.49	30.30	top 16.4%	560 / 4,516
4×4	52.33	57.98	top 27.6%	827 / 4,186
Square-1	22.32	28.89	top 33.1%	222 / 805
Megaminx	2:08.07	2:19.71	top 50.2%	579 / 1,443
Clock	16.04	18.02	top 52.0%	435 / 1,092
5×5	2:05.96	2:27.95	top 53.0%	688 / 1,525
3×3 blindfolded	8:44.95	—	early days — 1 solve	573 / 598

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

20 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at Forum Monsoon Open 2019.
20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Cool Down 2019.
1 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018.
20 Oct 2018Five personal bests in one day at Bangalore Open 2018.
27 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Championship 2018.
5 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Primus Cube Open - May 2018.

Competitions

CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
Bengaluru Summer Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
Bengaluru Cool Down 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
Bengaluru Winter Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
Bangalore Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
Bengaluru Championship 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
Primus Cube Open - May 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 9 personal bests set
APJ BLD Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
ICC Juniors August 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017

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.

Atharva R. Bhat — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 84 times
Aniketh Arya — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Kalyani H. Kiran — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 78 times

Next targets

A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.