People · India
Madhav Singh
Skewb · top 0.81% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SING27
Madhav Singh has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Hyderabad Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.81% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in India. Until July 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,322 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.35 in October 2016 to 8.54, a 53% improvement. Madhav has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.74 | 3.20 | top 0.81% | 11 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 46.31 | 57.63 | top 0.88% | 10 / 1,525 | |
| 4×4 | 28.86 | 37.62 | top 2.2% | 53 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 | 8.54 | 10.02 | top 3.8% | 380 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.43 | 16.11 | top 5.1% | 157 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.54 | 6.80 | top 5.6% | 324 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.94 | top 8.9% | 725 / 12,146 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.72 | 1:11.40 | top 10.4% | 85 / 1,443 | |
| 6×6 | 2:07.59 | 2:12.17 | top 14.3% | 60 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 3:21.48 | 3:27.56 | top 16.8% | 51 / 360 | |
| Square-1 | 27.69 | 34.64 | top 44.9% | 315 / 805 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 40.67 | top 48.3% | 225 / 600 | |
| Clock | 25.38 | 31.00 | top 77.4% | 734 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at DSL Cube Open 2022.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cubing ATMOSphere 2019.
- 28 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hyderabad Cube Open 2019.
- 11 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Indian Nationals 2019.
- 11 Apr 2019Eleven personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2019.
- 27 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cubing ATMOSphere 2018.
Competitions
- DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DSL Cube Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open July 2019 · 14 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 11 personal bests set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Deccan Cube Open - Sep 2017 · 17 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Deccan Cube Open - August 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open - May 2017 · 27 May 2017
- Indian Nationals 2017 · 12 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - March 2017 · 26 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017 · 8 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- P3 Grand Open 2016 · 3 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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.
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 159 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 95 times
- Abhishek Sathyanarayanan — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-40 5×5 single — 68 people have one; it is 6.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.