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Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan

3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SWAM01

Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.70, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2022, he has put 875 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.87 in May 2022 to 7.70, a 61% improvement. Pavan has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time
7.70
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
875
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.708.99
top 2.3%233 / 11,709
Skewb2.634.33
top 3.4%114 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed12.3415.65
top 3.5%77 / 2,659
4×431.9937.42
top 4.2%121 / 3,051
2×21.933.07
top 4.3%333 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.405.04
top 5.1%227 / 5,993
5×51:15.251:21.26
top 15.5%209 / 1,356
Megaminx1:14.241:21.66
top 18.2%216 / 1,277
Square-124.2830.83
top 37.4%361 / 899
6×64:15.11—
early days — 1 solve436 / 641

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

Canberra Autumn 2022: 19.87Orange Zest 2023: 11.22Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 13.38Chilling in Canberra 2023: 10.36Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 11.48Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 10.83Sydney Summer 2023: 9.97Cubing at The Cube 2024: 9.77G'day Maitland 2024: 8.65Goulburn Open 2024: 8.54Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024: 9.35Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 10.00Australian Nationals 2024: 8.26Canberra Spring 2024: 9.36Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 8.26Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 8.12Cubing at The Cube 2026: 7.95NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 8.70Orange 2026: 9.14Wagga Autumn 2026: 8.42Australian Nationals 2026: 7.707.7019.877 May 20229 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.