People · India
Santhosh Sabarinathan
Pyraminx · top 9.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018SABA02
Santhosh Sabarinathan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.29, set at VIT Cube Open 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in India. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since September 2018, he has put 525 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His Pyraminx best has come down from 17.49 in September 2018 to 4.29, a 75% improvement. Santhosh has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 8.41 | top 9.1% | 525 / 8,934 | |
| Clock | 7.79 | 10.25 | top 14.2% | 115 / 1,092 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 6.54 | top 36.4% | 3,331 / 12,146 | |
| Skewb | 7.92 | 13.85 | top 40.7% | 1,139 / 3,524 | |
| 3×3 | 21.99 | 29.41 | top 45.4% | 6,629 / 20,018 | |
| Square-1 | 48.05 | 1:18.35 | top 74.2% | 530 / 805 | |
| 4×4 | 2:07.57 | — | top 84.9% | 3,144 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:06.28 | — | top 87.3% | 3,698 / 4,516 | |
| Megaminx | 4:30.08 | — | top 94.0% | 1,257 / 1,443 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at VIT Cube Open 2024.
- 5 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023.
- 2 Mar 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.00 at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 2 Mar 2019Four personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2019.
- 13 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tathva Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- Rockfort City Cubing Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Spencer Plaza 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- VIT Cube Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NIT Trichy Cube Open 2023 · 5 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2020 · 31 Jan 2020
- C3 Cup Finale 2019 · 28 Dec 2019
- HLC Cube Challenge 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chennai Cube Open 2019 · 25 Aug 2019
- SSN Cube Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- mcubes Open 2019 · 6 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Sri Ramachandra Cube Open 2019 · 9 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Summer Open 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Pragyan Cube Open 2019 · 17 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Daksh Cube Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019
- VDCA Winter Open 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Gravitas Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Tathva Cube Open 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018
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.
- Vishal Mohanraju — met in 64 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sujai Shakthivel — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.