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Sandeep Rajaram

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014RAJA02

Sandeep Rajaram has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since February 2014, he has put 1,401 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.25 in February 2014 to 8.70, a 57% improvement. Sandeep has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.70
signature single · Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023
1,401
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.7010.64
top 4.2%410 / 20,018
2×21.954.46
top 4.4%322 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed14.6217.50
top 7.3%235 / 4,516
Pyraminx5.397.86
top 15.7%921 / 8,934
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves42.67
top 23.4%88 / 600
Skewb6.249.67
top 27.6%774 / 3,524
Megaminx1:29.201:44.89
top 27.7%278 / 1,443
4×453.8359.76
top 29.3%889 / 4,186
Clock13.2214.12
top 40.6%344 / 1,092
3×3 blindfolded2:33.232:42.85
top 44.3%213 / 598
5×52:33.472:58.37
top 67.4%901 / 1,525
Square-11:22.89—
early days — 2 solves704 / 805
6×67:26.567:49.61
top 96.4%498 / 531

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

Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 20.25C3 Cube Open 2014: 18.42VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 19.34Indian Nationals 2015: 14.22Brain Studio Cube Open 2015: 13.49REC Cube Challenge 2015: 13.04Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 11.91Indian Nationals 2016: 13.56SSN Cube Open 2016: 12.24VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2016: 10.13Tathva Cube Open 2016: 11.82Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 11.32Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 11.02Anokha Cubing Royale 2017: 11.15SRM Cube Open 2017: 11.49Ban Parity Open 2017: 9.83IIA Summer Open - May 2017: 12.02Grand Cube Open 2017: 11.70Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 10.64Anokha Cubing Royale 2018: 11.60Phoenix C3 Open 2018: 9.66Daksh Cube Open 2019: 9.76Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 11.19Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019: 11.46SSN Cube Open 2019: 10.27SRM Cube Open 2019: 9.85C3 Cup Finale 2019: 9.01CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020: 9.14Cubing Sunday in SSN 2022: 8.87Chennai Cubing Club Meetup 2023: 8.70CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023: 10.67MCC Cube Open 2023: 10.33CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2024: 10.10Back to Cubing Madras 2025: 9.91Anna Kalyanam in Jolarpet 2025: 10.158.7020.2515 Feb 201415 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.