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Vivek Narayanan Chembampadath Viswanathan
Pyraminx · top 3.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016VISW03
Vivek Narayanan Chembampadath Viswanathan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at IIITDM Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 175 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.93 in July 2017 to 2.96, a 50% improvement. Vivek has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.96 | 4.01 | top 3.5% | 203 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 14.35 | top 8.5% | 966 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.69 | 16.74 | top 9.5% | 311 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 7.02 | top 16.3% | 1,350 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.04 | 2:04.36 | top 44.0% | 563 / 1,525 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at Takshashila Cube Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.37 at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Six personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 28 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.35 at SSN Cube Open 2017.
- 26 Mar 2017First sub-30 3×3: 23.32 at SRM Cube Open 2017.
- 31 Dec 2016First competition: Shaastra Cube Open 2017. A 32.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- IIITDM Cube Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Takshashila Cube Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016
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.
- Arjun Paranthaman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Kaushik Srivatsan — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.