People · India
Saksham Gupta
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024GUPT02
Saksham Gupta has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 608th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since February 2024, he has put 69 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.25 in February 2024 to 9.38, a 17% improvement. Saksham has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.38 | 10.25 | top 5.8% | 608 / 20,018 | |
| 4×4 | 38.89 | 56.21 | top 10.8% | 292 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.42 | 21.53 | top 16.2% | 553 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 5.49 | top 28.0% | 2,438 / 12,146 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.25 | 1:34.98 | top 30.9% | 368 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.79 | 12.08 | top 34.5% | 2,181 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 10.73 | 14.01 | top 59.3% | 1,728 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:52.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 595 / 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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025.
- 3 Feb 2024First competition: Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024. A 11.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Shrey Relan — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.