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Hemang Sarkar

Pyraminx · top 4.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014SARK01

Hemang Sarkar has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.13, set at PB Smashathon 2015, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 231st in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since February 2014, he has put 908 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in February 2014 to 11.71, a 40% improvement. Hemang has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.13
signature single · PB Smashathon 2015
908
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.135.34
top 4.1%231 / 8,934
3×311.7113.26
top 12.9%1,525 / 20,018
2×22.904.47
top 13.1%1,081 / 12,146
4×448.3156.05
top 22.5%660 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed23.4331.88
top 29.9%1,090 / 4,516
Megaminx1:34.381:42.54
top 31.0%325 / 1,443
Skewb6.798.09
top 32.0%898 / 3,524
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves41.33
top 33.6%139 / 600
5×51:54.372:00.56
top 45.6%586 / 1,525
Clock14.8316.12
top 47.2%398 / 1,092
Square-135.9945.44
top 59.9%424 / 805
3×3 blindfolded6:08.84—
early days — 3 solves486 / 598
7×78:27.27—
early days — 1 solve326 / 360
6×67:32.45—
early days — 1 solve501 / 531

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

Rubi Quest 2014: 19.59MathSoc Open 2014: 15.21Delhi Open 2014: 16.27National Cubing Region Open 2014: 16.21Cubing V1.0 2014: 12.61PB Smashathon 2015: 13.76National Cubing Region Open 2015: 15.04Akash Open 2015: 14.41Plenty o' Parity 2015: 14.98Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 14.92Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2016: 12.40Indian Nationals 2016: 13.35Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 14.08Delhi Open 2017: 12.55Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 12.90Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 14.38Swisscubing Cup III 2025: 12.20La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 12.60Cubing in the Rain 2026: 12.71Früehligswürfelä z'Rootchrüüz 2026: 11.7111.7119.5910 Feb 20149 May 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.