People · Sri Lanka
Samath Keppitiyagama
3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KEPP01
Samath Keppitiyagama has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.91, set at Sri Lankan Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Sri Lanka. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 538 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.99 in April 2022 to 8.50, a 23% improvement. Samath has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.91 | 13.36 | top 1.8% | 1 / 186 | |
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 9.39 | top 3.7% | 9 / 590 | |
| 4×4 | 34.22 | 37.01 | top 6.0% | 5 / 209 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.60 | 1:12.13 | top 8.1% | 3 / 88 | |
| Square-1 | 13.02 | 18.16 | top 11.9% | 1 / 34 | |
| Skewb | 4.43 | 9.89 | top 13.9% | 20 / 141 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 4.52 | top 15.4% | 48 / 431 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.82 | 1:16.32 | top 15.5% | 2 / 68 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 10.90 | top 18.4% | 47 / 348 | |
| 6×6 | 2:27.04 | 2:41.69 | top 24.0% | 3 / 31 | |
| 7×7 | 4:09.23 | 4:37.44 | top 34.1% | 5 / 23 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | 58.67 | early days — 3 solves | 29 / 37 | |
| Clock | 39.50 | 55.77 | top 93.0% | 50 / 55 |
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
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Colombo CubeCon 2025.
- 7 Jun 2024Nine personal bests in one day at Sri Lankan Nationals 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at Marawila Cubing Challenge 2024.
- 23 Dec 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023.
- 7 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Colombo Matrix Open 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Cubing Returns To Colombo 2022.
Competitions
- Nattandiya Cubing Clash 2025 · 20 Oct 2025
- Colombo CubeCon 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Biyagama Cubing Blitz 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colombo Cubing Revival 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sri Lankan Nationals 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 9 personal bests set
- Marawila Cubing Challenge 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Colombo Cubing Christmas 2023 · 23 Dec 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Colombo Matrix Open 2023 · 7 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns To Colombo 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- 1st Sri Lankan Open 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
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.
- Sirima Witharanage Sathmika Navoda — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 61 times · head to head
- Sujan Irosha Kumarapperuma — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 12 times · head to head
- Manija Kalansooriya — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 56 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.