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Sai Vasisht Bhethanabottla

2×2 · top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016BHET01

Sai Vasisht Bhethanabottla has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.33, set at Cubing For LLS Summer 2019, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 574th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2016, he has put 217 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.87 in December 2016 to 11.91, a 59% improvement. Sai has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.33
signature single · Cubing For LLS Summer 2019
217
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×22.335.22
top 7.3%574 / 12,146
3×311.9114.52
top 13.6%1,628 / 20,018
Pyraminx5.319.11
top 15.1%888 / 8,934
3×3 one-handed22.0327.78
top 26.1%937 / 4,516
4×41:06.591:20.59
top 43.6%1,428 / 4,186
5×53:03.18
top 79.1%1,084 / 1,525
6×69:31.39
early days — 1 solve528 / 531

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 28.87P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017: 28.33P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017: 22.58Deccan Cube Open - August 2017: 19.43Cubing ATMOSphere 2017: 15.20Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 14.47Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 13.04Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 16.94Hyderabad Cube Open 2023: 14.10Ankuram Open Sunday 2023: 11.91South India Cube Championship 2025: 13.0311.9128.8723 Dec 201614 Aug 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 0.33 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.