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Ramanathan Venkatachalam

Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015VENK02

Ramanathan Venkatachalam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2015, he has put 820 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.89 in October 2015 to 10.25, a 71% improvement. Ramanathan has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.20
signature single · Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018
820
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx3.205.84
top 4.3%242 / 8,934
2×22.193.83
top 6.1%474 / 12,146
3×310.2512.50
top 8.2%925 / 20,018
Skewb4.818.38
top 16.7%458 / 3,524
3×3 one-handed19.3225.97
top 18.7%653 / 4,516
4×446.8653.05
top 20.6%589 / 4,186
Clock12.9014.43
top 39.2%332 / 1,092
Megaminx1:50.252:12.88
top 40.5%447 / 1,443
5×51:55.862:09.42
top 46.6%600 / 1,525
Square-134.6249.51
top 57.7%409 / 805
6×64:54.235:11.90
top 80.5%417 / 531
7×79:03.53—
early days — 1 solve338 / 360
3×3 Fewest Moves63 moves—
early days — 1 solve576 / 600

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

REC Cube Challenge 2015: 35.89SSN Cube Open 2016: 21.67VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 16.46Montfort Championship 2016: 15.45Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 14.86SSN Cube Open 2017: 14.63Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018: 11.41IIITDM Cube Open 2018: 12.52Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 14.46Cult A Way Cube Open 2019: 13.25SSN Cube Open 2019: 13.43VSVN Cube Open 2019: 12.01C3 Cup Finale 2019: 12.03Amrita Cube Open 2020: 13.98Cult A Way Cube Open 2020: 11.79Welcome Thrissur 2021: 11.11Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022: 11.28Hariology Vibes 2022: 10.90KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 12.89mcubes Winter Open 2022: 10.25KSRCT Cube Open 2022: 12.48Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025: 11.90Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025: 13.54Amrita Cube Open 2025: 11.9210.2535.892 Oct 201531 May 2025

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.