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Sandeep M
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025MSAN01
Sandeep M has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.40, set at Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 624th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2025, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.26 in February 2025 to 9.40, a 56% improvement. Sandeep has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.40 | 12.19 | top 5.9% | 624 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 3.42 | 4.94 | top 19.3% | 1,633 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.93 | 22.63 | top 20.3% | 726 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 50.55 | 53.52 | top 25.5% | 769 / 4,220 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.76 | 9.71 | top 34.3% | 2,178 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 10.14 | 14.83 | top 55.8% | 1,615 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | 53.67 | early days — 3 solves | 320 / 612 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.81 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,021 / 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
- 13 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026.
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at SSN Cube Challenge 2025.
- 14 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 11.98 at South India Cube Championship 2025.
- 14 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.98 at South India Cube Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Pragyan Cube Open 2025. A 21.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Solve N Cruise at Serene Alleppey 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Kalanjiam Cubing Challenge 2025 · 28 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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.
- Sahas Darsh Miglani — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Shashvat D. Vagesh — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.