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Kaushik Sarma

3×3 one-handed · top 3.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015SARM03

Kaushik Sarma has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.15, set at 4th Guwahati Open 2018, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in India. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2015, he has put 779 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.36 in April 2015 to 9.25, a 76% improvement. Kaushik has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 3.2% of 73,695 all-time
12.15
signature single · 4th Guwahati Open 2018
779
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×3 one-handed12.1516.91
top 3.2%96 / 4,516
3×39.2511.59
top 5.5%582 / 20,018
2×22.564.21
top 9.5%765 / 12,146
4×444.5650.54
top 17.7%490 / 4,186
5×51:36.301:46.60
top 32.5%398 / 1,525
Skewb8.3921.10
top 44.2%1,237 / 3,524
Pyraminx10.2512.75
top 55.0%3,713 / 8,934
Megaminx2:17.492:32.80
top 55.1%636 / 1,443
6×63:54.184:12.79
top 63.5%311 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves53.33
top 76.8%418 / 600
7×76:46.63—
early days — 2 solves275 / 360
Clock50.851:09.45
top 97.2%1,028 / 1,092

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

First Guwahati Open 2015: 39.362nd Guwahati Open 2016: 18.283rd Guwahati Open 2017: 11.024th Guwahati Open 2018: 10.591st Dibrugarh Open 2018: 10.07Guwahati Summer Open 2019: 12.271st Jorhat Open 2019: 10.665th Guwahati Open 2019: 12.13Cubing Returns Guwahati 2022: 10.64Howrah Cube Open 2022: 10.47Guwahati Autumn Open 2022: 11.42Guwahati Spring Cube Open 2023: 9.73Cubing Comes To Shillong 2023: 9.88Guwahati Summer Cube Open 2023: 10.55Guwahati Autumn Open 2023: 11.41Indian Nationals 2023: 11.151st Barpeta Cube Open 2024: 10.81Rongghor Cube Open 2024: 10.40Barpeta Summer Cube Open 2024: 11.756th Guwahati Open 2024: 11.84Barpeta Winter Cube Open 2024: 9.60Dibrugarh Speedcubing Open 2025: 9.88Guwahati Cubing Meltdown 2025: 9.25Barpeta Cubing Open 2026: 10.029.2539.364 Apr 201526 Jul 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-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.