People · India
Hariharan Sachidanandam
Skewb · top 1.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015SACH01
Hariharan Sachidanandam has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Shaastra Cube Open 2017, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in India. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2015, he has put 942 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.74 in January 2015 to 8.34, a 43% improvement. Hariharan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.87 | 3.23 | top 1.1% | 22 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 10.64 | top 3.4% | 323 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.34 | 4.63 | top 4.8% | 274 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 3.69 | top 4.9% | 370 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.40 | 17.87 | top 6.9% | 213 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 41.00 | 46.93 | top 13.3% | 357 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.75 | 1:37.80 | top 25.5% | 296 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.45 | 1:41.21 | top 31.0% | 327 / 1,443 | |
| Square-1 | 34.67 | 36.75 | top 57.8% | 410 / 805 | |
| 6×6 | 4:21.24 | 5:03.19 | early days — 3 solves | 365 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 7:00.05 | 7:15.53 | early days — 3 solves | 285 / 360 |
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
- 15 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024.
- 23 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Daksh Cube Open 2019.
- 31 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2017.
- 26 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Montfort Championship 2016.
- 26 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Montfort Championship 2016.
- 23 Jan 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2016.
Competitions
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019
- Daksh Cube Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Daksh Open Cube 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NIT Trichy Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2017 · 31 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Montfort Championship 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 9 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 11 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2015 · 3 Jan 2015 — 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.
- Rahul Venkatesan — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
- Anish Rajesh — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.