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Ashwath Saran

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SARA02

Ashwath Saran has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 542nd in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2022, he has put 205 official solves on the record across twelve events. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 21.97 in June 2022 to 15.20, a 31% improvement. Ashwath has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.29
signature single · KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022
205
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.293.90
top 7.0%542 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed15.2017.73
top 8.5%278 / 4,516
3×310.9612.55
top 10.4%1,188 / 20,018
4×445.5250.35
top 19.0%521 / 4,186
5×51:31.741:39.23
top 28.7%339 / 1,525
Megaminx1:30.781:48.25
top 28.7%289 / 1,443
Pyraminx7.138.77
top 28.9%1,793 / 8,934
Square-121.2529.17
top 30.8%203 / 805
Skewb6.666.95
top 31.0%866 / 3,524
6×63:50.903:57.71
early days — 3 solves304 / 531
7×75:53.996:16.90
early days — 3 solves227 / 360
Clock24.4127.82
top 75.6%713 / 1,092

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

1st Salem Open 2022: 21.97KSRCT Cube Open 2022: 18.59Salem Summer Open 2024: 15.2015.2021.9726 Jun 202211 May 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3 one-handed. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.