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Ansuman Somasundaram

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013SOMA05

Ansuman Somasundaram has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Berkeley Spring 2015, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2013, he has put 723 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.21 in August 2013 to 8.53, a 47% improvement. Ansuman has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.53
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2015
723
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5310.38
top 3.8%2,134 / 59,724
2×22.003.35
top 4.7%1,891 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.966.72
top 7.5%1,903 / 28,708
Skewb3.506.08
top 7.8%1,206 / 18,907
4×441.3344.65
top 13.7%2,044 / 19,072
5×51:19.111:26.43
top 18.4%1,421 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed23.2328.38
top 29.4%3,801 / 15,683
6×62:43.482:55.31
top 32.7%1,161 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 1 solve810 / 2,040
Megaminx1:45.981:57.94
top 38.1%2,736 / 7,841
Square-131.0146.15
top 51.2%3,357 / 6,743
7×75:38.805:51.28
top 62.2%1,862 / 3,184
Clock20.64—
top 66.6%5,711 / 8,927

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

Berkeley Summer 2013: 16.21Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 17.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 16.18Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 10.86BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 10.00US Nationals 2014: 11.42Berkeley Summer 2014: 13.08BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 13.76Berkeley Fall 2014: 9.09Berkeley Winter 2015: 10.38BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 10.76Berkeley Spring 2015: 8.53SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 10.42BASC 7 2015: 10.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 10.43Berkeley Winter 2016: 12.16US Nationals 2016: 11.60UCSD Summer 2017: 10.75CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.53West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 10.42Berkeley Summer 2018: 10.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 11.11UCSD Winter 2020: 10.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 10.448.5317.373 Aug 201329 Aug 2026

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.

  • Mitchell Lane — met in 133 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Riley Woo — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 37 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.