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Saigautam Bonam
3×3 · top 7.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022BONA03
Saigautam Bonam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.98, set at Montauk 2026, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 830th in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2022, he has put 87 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.14 in June 2022 to 9.98, a 10% improvement. Saigautam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.98 | 11.70 | top 7.4% | 830 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.11 | top 11.2% | 935 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 47.86 | 58.96 | top 22.0% | 655 / 4,220 | |
| Skewb | 8.46 | 10.42 | top 44.8% | 1,267 / 3,548 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Montauk 2026.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: Dunkirk Spring A 2022. A 11.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Montauk 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Rohan Mishra — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nathan Evan Sherman — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Evan Liu — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.