People · India
Sambhav Bhalla
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017BHAL05
Sambhav Bhalla has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at Cubing ATMOSphere 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 186th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since September 2017, he has put 588 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.77 in September 2017 to 7.53, a 45% improvement. Sambhav has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.53 | 8.94 | top 2.0% | 186 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.52 | 16.77 | top 7.2% | 224 / 4,534 | |
| 2×2 | 2.70 | 3.87 | top 11.0% | 917 / 12,225 | |
| 4×4 | 43.67 | 52.12 | top 16.7% | 473 / 4,220 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.79 | 10.84 | top 26.2% | 1,603 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 8.09 | 13.77 | top 42.1% | 1,187 / 3,548 | |
| Square-1 | 26.50 | 34.55 | top 42.5% | 303 / 813 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 602 / 1,458 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.99 | 3:06.45 | top 75.1% | 1,035 / 1,537 |
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 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Bennett University Cube Open 2020.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing ESYA 2019.
- 11 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at IIT Roorkee Open 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at MathSoc Open 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at MathSoc Open 2019.
Competitions
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2025 · 8 Nov 2025
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ankuram Open Sunday 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bennett University Cube Open 2020 · 19 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019 · 24 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2019 · 11 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- IIT Roorkee Open 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Delhi Monsoon Open 2018 · 22 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- SNU Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- MathSoc Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Durgesha Open 1.0 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lord Of The Minx 2017 · 24 Sep 2017
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 57 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Hargun Singh Tikku — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ujjawal Pabreja — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 2.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.