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Safvan Kadannam Potta

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015POTT02

Safvan Kadannam Potta has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Welcome Thrissur 2021, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 557th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since August 2015, he has put 823 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.75 in August 2015 to 10.62, a 40% improvement. Safvan has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · Welcome Thrissur 2021
823
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.313.47
top 7.1%557 / 12,146
3×310.6212.66
top 9.3%1,053 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed16.0724.74
top 10.4%334 / 4,516
4×441.2847.59
top 13.6%368 / 4,186
5×51:15.911:24.78
top 16.0%174 / 1,525
6×62:19.712:27.99
top 20.3%90 / 531
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.67
top 20.4%75 / 600
7×73:47.844:10.69
top 26.4%84 / 360
Pyraminx7.2718.08
top 30.1%1,870 / 8,934
Skewb8.4513.49
top 44.6%1,250 / 3,524
Megaminx2:05.722:38.40
top 49.0%564 / 1,443

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

Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 17.75Tathva Cube Open 2015: 13.66Tathva Cube Open 2016: 13.99Malabar Open 2017: 13.54Cubing Kerala Alappey Open 2017: 10.80CET Cubing Paradox 2017: 13.05Tathva Cube Open 2017: 12.08Malabar Winter Cube Open 2017: 12.27Anokha Cubing Royale 2018: 13.23Venice of the East Open 2018: 11.11Tathva Cube Open 2018: 12.73Welcome Thrissur 2021: 12.42Hariology Vibes 2022: 11.67mcubes Open 2022: 13.43Amrita Silence Open 2022: 12.94mcubes Winter Open 2022: 10.62Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023: 12.44Cubing at Punnamada 2023: 12.46Amrita Newcomers Twistathon 2025: 11.66Malabar Cubing Clash 2025: 11.85South India Cube Championship 2025: 11.39Cubing Kerala Travancore Open 2025: 10.8310.6217.7529 Aug 201521 Sep 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.