People · India
Samik Virmani
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019VIRM01
Samik Virmani has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at Noida Cube Open 2022, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,351st in India. Across 6 competitions since August 2019, he has put 149 official solves on the record across twelve events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.13 in August 2019 to 3.10, a 49% improvement. Samik has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.34 | 14.99 | top 11.6% | 1,351 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 5.34 | top 15.4% | 1,275 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 47.65 | 51.53 | top 21.7% | 632 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.24 | 1:46.61 | top 34.1% | 420 / 1,525 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.63 | 11.31 | top 50.1% | 3,332 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 9.46 | 11.96 | top 51.5% | 1,467 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.31 | 42.38 | top 51.8% | 1,996 / 4,516 | |
| 6×6 | 4:06.95 | 4:19.12 | early days — 3 solves | 337 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 6:16.00 | 7:04.27 | early days — 3 solves | 245 / 360 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 640 / 805 | |
| Megaminx | 3:58.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 1,443 | |
| Clock | 41.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 974 / 1,092 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.34 at Noida Cube Open 2022.
- 3 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Noida Cube Open 2022.
- 30 Dec 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.26 at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019.
- 30 Dec 2019Five personal bests in one day at PB Smashathon Delhi 2019.
- 2 Nov 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.00 at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019.
- 2 Nov 2019Five personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019.
Competitions
- Noida Cube Open 2022 · 3 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Ghaziabad 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- PB Smashathon Delhi 2019 · 30 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Five Rivers Cube Open 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing ESYA 2019 · 24 Aug 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.
- Hargun Singh Tikku — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Piyush Passi — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Yash Budhiraja — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.