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Advay Sant
3×3 · top 0.37% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015SANT44
Advay Sant has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.37% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 248th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since December 2015, he has put 1,344 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.23 in December 2015 to 5.80, a 59% improvement. Advay has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.80 | 7.64 | top 0.37% | 248 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 0.92 | 1.31 | top 0.41% | 175 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.56 | 2.31 | top 0.5% | 155 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.21 | 11.57 | top 1.2% | 189 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 2.03 | 2.68 | top 1.5% | 215 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 22 moves | 26.67 | top 2.2% | 57 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 31.63 | 38.03 | top 3.9% | 633 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 58.94 | 1:06.07 | top 5.0% | 416 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 9.70 | 12.48 | top 5.6% | 410 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 52.45 | 1:07.29 | top 6.2% | 443 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 11.13 | 11.85 | top 30.7% | 2,402 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:45.67 | 2:56.00 | top 33.8% | 1,214 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:34.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,346 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:30.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,949 / 2,092 |
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
- 7 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Twistathon 2025.
- 16 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fastest Fingers First Pune 2024.
- 3 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Korum Cube Challenge 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2024.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Korum Cube Challenge 2023.
- 17 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at IISER Pune Cube Open 2019.
Competitions
- Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026 · 15 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Saraswati College Open 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Mumbai Twistathon 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fastest Fingers First Pune 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Winter Open 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Korum Cube Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Mumbai 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- DSK Pune Cube Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Udaan Rubik's Cube Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Cerulean 2017 · 20 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubelelo Winter Open 2016 · 22 Dec 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- SCMU-Pune Fall Open V3.0 2015 · 13 Dec 2015 — 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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 130 times
- Nikhil Soares — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
- Mohit Lulla — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 107 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.