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Yuvan Manikandan

3×3 · top 44.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013MANI01

Yuvan Manikandan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.50, set at CMI Fiesta Open 2014, puts him in the top 44.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,377th in India. Across 3 competitions since March 2013, he has put 35 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:31.51 in March 2013 to 21.50, a 77% improvement. Yuvan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.1% of 284,439 all-time
21.50
signature single · CMI Fiesta Open 2014
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×321.5026.16
top 44.1%6,377 / 20,018
2×25.578.82
top 46.1%4,400 / 12,146
Pyraminx13.6622.72
top 76.2%5,642 / 8,934
4×41:51.94
early days — 3 solves2,825 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed51.49
top 78.1%3,217 / 4,516
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves
early days — 1 solve553 / 600
Skewb34.10
early days — 2 solves3,365 / 3,524

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

CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 1:31.51Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 23.31CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 21.5021.501:31.5129 Mar 201321 Mar 2014

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.