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Santha Ruban
2×2 · top 0.85% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017RUBA01
Santha Ruban has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.13, set at Cubing Comes to Madurai 2025, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2017, he has put 559 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.65 in April 2017 to 8.29, a 47% improvement. Santha has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.13 | 2.74 | top 0.85% | 51 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 8.29 | 9.31 | top 3.3% | 322 / 20,146 | |
| 4×4 | 30.76 | 33.94 | top 3.4% | 80 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.31 | 17.32 | top 5.0% | 150 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.14 | 1:06.72 | top 7.4% | 84 / 1,537 | |
| Skewb | 4.26 | 5.87 | top 12.8% | 346 / 3,548 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.16 | 2:12.06 | top 13.4% | 58 / 537 | |
| 7×7 | 3:10.17 | 3:31.82 | top 13.4% | 46 / 365 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 8.04 | top 16.9% | 1,001 / 8,971 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.31 | 1:42.69 | top 26.5% | 267 / 1,458 | |
| Square-1 | 26.94 | 30.80 | top 43.4% | 308 / 813 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:49.39 | — | top 49.5% | 239 / 605 | |
| Clock | 17.46 | 21.71 | top 57.0% | 507 / 1,109 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 564 / 612 |
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
- 2 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Indian Elite Championship 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026.
- 20 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Comes to Madurai 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023Twelve personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 31 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022.
- 13 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at VDCA Winter Open 2019.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026 · 26 Jul 2026
- Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Comes to Madurai 2025 · 20 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 12 personal bests set
- KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022 · 31 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- VSVN Cube Open 2019 · 17 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- VDCA Winter Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Virudhunagar KCET Cube Open 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- NIT Trichy Open 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Ban Parity Open 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Muhammad Rayyan — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Mohamed Bilal — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Akhil Vikram — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.