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Yatish Taneja
3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019TANE05
Yatish Taneja has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.63, set at Speedcubing ESYA 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2019, he has put 193 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.71 in October 2019 to 7.63, a 48% improvement. Yatish 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.63 | 9.71 | top 2.2% | 200 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.61 | top 7.0% | 542 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.76 | 22.68 | top 17.1% | 590 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 553 / 600 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Moksha Cubing 2023.
- 11 Sep 2022Five personal bests in one day at IISER Mohali Cube Open 2022.
- 23 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at IISER Mohali Cube Open 2020.
- 5 Oct 2019First competition: Five Rivers Cube Open 2019. A 15.29 3×3 single to start from.
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.71 at Five Rivers Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Moksha Cubing 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Mohali Cube Open 2022 · 11 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- IISER Mohali Cube Open 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon Delhi 2019 · 30 Dec 2019
- Five Rivers Cube Open 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Divij Yadav — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aryan Chhabra — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.