People · India
R S Sreevathsan
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017VATH01
R S Sreevathsan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Pragyan Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2017, he has put 322 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.01 in March 2017 to 8.52, a 55% improvement. R has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 8.52 | 10.53 | top 3.8% | 384 / 20,146 | |
| Skewb | 3.22 | 6.19 | top 6.2% | 154 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.65 | 21.20 | top 11.8% | 393 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 41.06 | 49.21 | top 13.4% | 365 / 4,220 | |
| 2×2 | 3.00 | 3.65 | top 14.3% | 1,185 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.48 | 9.70 | top 23.7% | 1,457 / 8,971 | |
| Megaminx | 2:22.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 683 / 1,458 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 618 / 813 |
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
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.41 at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023.
- 18 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022.
- 5 Jan 2019Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at SRM Cube Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
- 26 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at Grand Cube Open 2017.
Competitions
- Pragyan Cube Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024 · 26 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019 · 9 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 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
- SRM Cube Open 2017 · 26 Mar 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.
- Mohan Balaji — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Imruthun Meenakshisundaram — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- PK Arumugam — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.