People · India
Hardik Sood
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SOOD01
Hardik Sood has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.03, set at 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 218th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2016, he has put 652 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.56 in January 2016 to 8.94, a 43% improvement. Hardik has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.03 | 5.84 | top 3.7% | 218 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 8.94 | 11.26 | top 4.7% | 474 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.15 | 20.52 | top 6.4% | 201 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 3.60 | 5.31 | top 8.3% | 210 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 37.59 | 47.43 | top 9.3% | 251 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.87 | top 11.6% | 962 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.82 | 2:27.81 | top 46.1% | 523 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.78 | 2:05.79 | top 47.9% | 621 / 1,525 |
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
- 10 Jun 2017Five personal bests in one day at 3rd Guwahati Open 2017.
- 23 Jul 2016First sub-10 3×3: 8.94 at National Cubing Region Open 2016.
- 23 Jul 2016Four personal bests in one day at National Cubing Region Open 2016.
- 21 May 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.94 at 2nd Guwahati Open 2016.
- 21 May 2016Seven personal bests in one day at 2nd Guwahati Open 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First competition: Cubers East India Open 2016. A 15.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 6th Guwahati Open 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Barpeta Summer Cube Open 2024 · 21 Jul 2024
- Rongghor Cube Open 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 1st Barpeta Cube Open 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guwahati Autumn Open 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guwahati Side Events Quest 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Guwahati Summer Cube Open 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Comes To Shillong 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guwahati Spring Cube Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guwahati Autumn Open 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Guwahati 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- 3rd Guwahati Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2016 · 23 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- 2nd Guwahati Open 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubers East India Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Spondon Nath — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Kaushik Sarma — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 58 times · head to head
- Nayan Jyoti Das — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 27 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.