People · India
Sai Tarun
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014TARU02
Sai Tarun has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.85, set at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2014, he has put 241 official solves on the record across seven 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 31.95 in October 2014 to 7.85, a 75% improvement. Sai has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 7.85 | 10.25 | top 2.5% | 239 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 31.92 | 35.89 | top 4.1% | 99 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.07 | 19.13 | top 8.2% | 269 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.89 | 1:11.58 | top 9.6% | 108 / 1,525 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.65 | top 11.8% | 977 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.36 | 10.47 | top 30.8% | 1,926 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:32.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 509 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2024.
- 28 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.77 at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024.
- 28 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024.
- 29 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018.
- 26 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.53 at SCMU ICT Open 2017.
Competitions
- DJSCE Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oculus Cube Open 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- KK Charity Cube Open 2018 · 23 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017 · 26 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2015 · 16 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- DJ Open 2014 · 18 Oct 2014
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.
- Bhavya Goyal — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shubham Maharana — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Omkar Chavan — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.