People · India
Keshav Sundararaman
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017KESH01
Keshav Sundararaman has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.26, set at mcubes Twist Gala 2024, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 584th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since February 2017, he has put 630 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.55 in February 2017 to 9.26, a 66% improvement. Keshav has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 9.26 | 11.69 | top 5.5% | 584 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 3.99 | top 9.5% | 765 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.80 | 21.39 | top 9.8% | 317 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.68 | 8.27 | top 11.3% | 647 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 46.99 | 52.56 | top 20.8% | 596 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 6.60 | 10.37 | top 30.5% | 849 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 13.60 | 16.45 | top 42.2% | 358 / 1,092 | |
| 5×5 | 2:59.62 | — | top 77.9% | 1,067 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 4:23.65 | — | top 93.3% | 1,236 / 1,443 |
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
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.78 at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 5 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Primus Cube Open - May 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 22 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017.
Competitions
- Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- mcubes Twist Gala 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- mcubes Cube Open 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Lights Coimbatore Cube Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2019 · 19 Oct 2019
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Primus Cube Open - May 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- NIT Trichy Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017 · 22 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017 · 18 Feb 2017
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Vishal Mohanraju — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- PK Arumugam — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.