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Saiyam Kothari

3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013KOTH02

Saiyam Kothari has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Cubing ATMOSphere 2024, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,737th in India. Across 6 competitions since December 2013, he has put 73 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.77 in December 2013 to 12.11, a 77% improvement. Saiyam has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.11
signature single · Cubing ATMOSphere 2024
73
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×312.1114.29
top 14.3%1,737 / 20,018
2×23.367.82
top 18.5%1,561 / 12,146
4×41:04.501:09.43
top 41.2%1,336 / 4,186
Skewb12.7217.92
top 69.5%2,060 / 3,524
3×3 blindfolded4:39.82
early days — 1 solve401 / 598
3×3 one-handed1:06.04
early days — 2 solves3,690 / 4,516

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

Bombay Open 2013: 53.77Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 55.45SCMU Juhu Open 2015: 40.58Ankuram Open Sunday 2023: 16.21Cubing ATMOSphere 2023: 14.12Cubing ATMOSphere 2024: 12.1112.1155.4528 Dec 20139 Nov 2024

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.