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Cliford Samuel Pradeep Jelin

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022JELI04

Cliford Samuel Pradeep Jelin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Cubing by the Kings 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since October 2022, he has put 436 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.11 in October 2022 to 1.23, a 70% improvement. Cliford has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Cubing by the Kings 2023
436
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 94% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.232.20
top 1.1%76 / 12,146
3×39.5812.31
top 6.3%669 / 20,018
Pyraminx7.4512.34
top 31.6%1,994 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed29.0038.19
top 44.3%1,646 / 4,516
4×41:23.14—
top 58.4%2,026 / 4,186
5×53:22.92—
early days — 2 solves1,171 / 1,525
Clock32.97—
early days — 2 solves886 / 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

Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 4.11Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 2.68Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 3.56Cubing by the Kings 2023: 1.23Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 3.19CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 3.50BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 2.16Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 2.58Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 1.72Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 2.48CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 2.37Gem City Flybys II OH 2024: 2.21Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 2.29Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 2.28Preble Spring 2025: 2.35Northern Kentucky 2025: 2.53Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 3.00Cincinnati Open 2025: 1.95Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 2.14Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 2.48Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 1.90Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 1.56National Trail Open OH 2026: 2.43Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 2.39Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026: 1.931.234.1130 Oct 202211 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.