People · India
Samarth Lalan
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LALA02
Samarth Lalan has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 46 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.73 in April 2019 to 8.26, a 23% improvement. Samarth has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 8.26 | 11.94 | top 3.3% | 310 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.07 | 22.19 | top 15.3% | 525 / 4,516 | |
| 4×4 | 50.69 | 58.00 | top 25.6% | 757 / 4,186 | |
| 2×2 | 4.06 | 5.33 | top 27.3% | 2,365 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.77 | 21.10 | top 71.7% | 5,197 / 8,934 | |
| Square-1 | 1:12.81 | — | early days — 1 solve | 665 / 805 |
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
- 28 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.26 at DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024.
- 28 Apr 2019First competition: VES Cube Open 2019. A 10.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DJ Sanghvi Cube Open 2024 · 28 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dream City Cube Open 2019 · 3 Nov 2019
- VES Cube Open 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
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.
- Shrijan Pal — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shubham Maharana — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aayush Shah — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.