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Gowtham Shantha Kumar
3×3 · top 22.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018SHAN02
Gowtham Shantha Kumar has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.42, set at VIT Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 22.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,882nd in India. Across 5 competitions since February 2018, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in February 2018 to 14.42, a 23% improvement. Gowtham has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.42 | 21.61 | top 22.4% | 2,882 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.22 | 9.36 | top 29.3% | 2,563 / 12,146 |
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
- 21 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.42 at VIT Cube Open 2024.
- 3 Feb 2018First competition: CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018. A 21.86 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.75 at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Cube Challenge B 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- VIT Cube Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 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.
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Imruthun Meenakshisundaram — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shawn S J — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.42 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.