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Barath Thandapani

2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023THAN02

Barath Thandapani has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 692nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2023, he has put 683 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.59 in January 2023 to 11.37, a 31% improvement. Barath has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.53
signature single · Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024
683
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.533.35
top 9.2%692 / 8,567
3×311.3712.67
top 11.7%1,031 / 11,709
Pyraminx5.067.50
top 13.5%644 / 5,993
Skewb6.239.23
top 27.6%747 / 3,534
4×453.791:03.49
top 29.3%766 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed27.1736.49
top 39.8%916 / 2,659
Clock19.4523.10
top 63.0%657 / 1,095
Megaminx3:13.36—
early days — 3 solves1,059 / 1,277
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves62.00
top 87.2%395 / 468

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

Perth Summer 2023: 16.59Perth Autumn 2023: 16.95Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 15.42Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 16.23Perth Time Trial 2023: 13.91Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 16.05Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023: 15.99WA Open 2023: 13.79Speedy South Perth 2023: 15.00CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024: 14.29South Perth Cube Day 2024: 13.85Freo Cube-Off 2024: 12.80Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 14.79Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024: 13.52Perth Autumn 2024: 13.33Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 12.65Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024: 12.39Mundaring Mixup 2024: 12.81Perth Winter 2024: 11.86Move It Midland 2024: 11.60Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 13.38Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 11.60Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 12.39Perth Winter 2025: 12.83WA State Championship 2025: 13.09Perth Time Trial 2025: 12.10Freo Cube-Off 2026: 11.3711.3716.9521 Jan 202312 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.