People · India
Kabir Sawhney
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SAWH01
Kabir Sawhney has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.32, set at Lopes Up AZ 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 593rd in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.65 in July 2022 to 9.32, a 26% improvement. Kabir 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 | 9.32 | 11.01 | top 5.6% | 593 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.24 | 4.72 | top 17.1% | 1,432 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.40 | 25.08 | top 18.9% | 667 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 48.44 | 56.49 | top 22.7% | 669 / 4,186 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.47 | 13.11 | top 48.8% | 3,224 / 8,934 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 764 / 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
- 29 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Odd Day In Delhi 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Cubing Returns Delhi 2022. A 12.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lopes Up AZ 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day In Delhi 2024 · 29 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Delhi 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Viraj Dhameja — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nevan Jain — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.32 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.