People · Canada
Ishan Saini
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019SAIN08
Ishan Saini has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at Thornhill Spring 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 583rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2019, he has put 171 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.21 in August 2019 to 9.50, a 74% improvement. Ishan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.50 | 11.52 | top 6.1% | 583 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.52 | top 17.8% | 1,188 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 5.68 | 10.47 | top 23.3% | 560 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 55.04 | 1:01.52 | top 30.8% | 796 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.47 | 11.39 | top 40.3% | 1,860 / 4,858 |
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
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Thornhill Spring 2024.
- 30 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Ajax First-Timers 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 11.16 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.16 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 7 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-30 3×3: 22.34 at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020.
Competitions
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Thornhill Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ajax First-Timers 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Richmond Hill 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the 6ix 2019 · 24 Aug 2019
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Tin Huang — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.