People · India
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 5.22 | top 7.3% | 574 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 14.52 | top 13.6% | 1,628 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 9.11 | top 15.1% | 888 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.03 | 27.78 | top 26.1% | 937 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.59 | 1:20.59 | top 43.6% | 1,428 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.18 | — | top 79.1% | 1,084 / 1,525 | |
| 6×6 | 9:31.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 528 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 31 Mar 2018Six personal bests in one day at Hyderabad Cube Open 2018.
- 21 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Geethanjali Cube Open 2018.
- 21 Jan 2018Five personal bests in one day at Geethanjali Cube Open 2018.
- 28 Oct 2017Six personal bests in one day at Cubing ATMOSphere 2017.
- 13 Aug 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.43 at Deccan Cube Open - August 2017.
- 13 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Deccan Cube Open - August 2017.
Competitions
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Ankuram Open Sunday 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2023 · 11 Aug 2023
- Cubing For LLS Summer 2019 · 24 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Geethanjali Cube Open 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Deccan Cube Open - Sep 2017 · 17 Sep 2017
- Deccan Cube Open - August 2017 · 13 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017 · 8 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016 · 23 Dec 2016
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.
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Gaurav Bachani — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Akshaansh Chilakapati — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
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.