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Naren Ramesh

Pyraminx · top 0.05% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015RAME02

Naren Ramesh has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.04, set at Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 0.05% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in India. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 73 competitions since May 2015, he has put 3,235 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.11 in May 2015 to 5.59, an 85% improvement. Naren has entered 73 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.05% of 129,321 all-time
1.04
signature single · Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026
3,235
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx1.042.04
top 0.05%3 / 8,934
2×20.761.71
top 0.18%8 / 12,146
3×35.597.47
top 0.28%21 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.2014.15
top 2.1%57 / 4,516
Skewb3.335.52
top 6.7%164 / 3,524
4×440.2946.81
top 12.5%339 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.33
top 17.4%56 / 600
Square-119.9125.79
top 27.8%178 / 805
Clock11.1414.00
top 30.8%263 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded6:20.76—
early days — 1 solve494 / 598

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

Indian Nationals 2015: 38.11Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 25.87Brain Studio Winter Open 2015: 22.10Indian Nationals 2016: 23.55IIA Summer Open 2016: 23.76SCMU 2016: 25.48SSN Cube Open 2016: 16.19Montfort Championship 2016: 14.82Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 16.09Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 21.30IIA Summer Open April 2017: 17.08Indian Nationals 2017: 18.10IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 15.52CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 16.72Czech Open 2017: 17.37SSN Cube Open 2017: 16.24ICC Juniors August 2017: 15.58Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 13.53APJ BLD Open 2017: 12.72Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 11.52Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 12.75Anaadyanta Cube Open 2018: 12.18Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018: 12.29Primus Cube Open - May 2018: 11.76Indian Nationals 2018: 10.35SSN Cube Open 2018: 10.01IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 10.79KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 11.03Bangalore Open 2018: 9.50CMI Autumn Open 2018: 10.11Bengaluru Winter Open 2018: 9.54KK Charity Cube Open 2018: 10.16VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 12.19Shaastra Cube Open 2019: 9.32CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019: 11.01Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 9.51Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019: 7.91Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 10.03Indian Nationals 2019: 9.98Bengaluru Cool Down 2019: 8.86mcubes Open 2019: 8.52Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 8.77Chennai Cube Open 2019: 8.75Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 8.70Raipur Cube Carnival 2019: 8.53C3 Cup Finale 2019: 9.06CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 8.31Cubing Returns Pune 2022: 6.92DSL Cube Open 2022: 7.15Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 7.86Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022: 7.31Nexus Winter Open 2022: 9.25MCC Cube Open 2023: 8.46Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Saturday 2023: 6.36Bangalore Cube Open July 2023: 7.71Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 6.13Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 7.04Bangalore Championship 2023: 6.84Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 6.91Tamil Nadu Cube Challenge 2024: 7.13Bangalore Cube Fest C 2024: 8.31DC Open July Hyderabad Saturday 2024: 7.26Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 5.59Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 6.93M5 Summer Open A Bengaluru 2025: 7.44AMR Planet Cube Open 2025: 6.50Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025: 7.08South India Cube Championship 2025: 6.64Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025: 7.23Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026: 6.25Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 5.695.5938.1129 May 201527 Jun 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.