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Santosh Naranapatty

3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2013 · 2013NARA02

Santosh Naranapatty has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.69, set at SRM Cube Open 2018, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 94th in India. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since March 2013, he has put 702 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.25 in March 2013 to 6.69, a 79% improvement. Santosh has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time
6.69
signature single · SRM Cube Open 2018
702
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.698.79
top 1.0%94 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed12.4019.06
top 3.5%106 / 4,516
2×22.453.80
top 8.4%680 / 12,146
4×441.5847.46
top 14.0%380 / 4,186

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

CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 31.25DJ Open 2013: 16.07Pantheon Cube Open 2014: 13.37Excellite Cube Open 2014: 13.03VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 11.27Shaastra Cube Open 2015: 10.78Indian Nationals 2015: 9.74SCMU 2016: 9.69SSN Cube Open 2016: 9.35Shaastra Cube Open 2017: 8.86Carte Blanche Kube Open 2017: 9.843rd Guwahati Open 2017: 7.76SSN Cube Open 2017: 8.76VIT Rubik's Cube Challenge 2017: 8.07Grand Cube Open 2017: 6.76Shaastra Cube Open 2018: 8.39Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018: 6.98SRM Cube Open 2018: 6.69SSN Cube Open 2018: 7.75Carte Blanche Kube Open 2019: 8.06SSN Cube Open 2019: 7.38Cape Cod 2023: 8.696.6931.2529 Mar 201322 Apr 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.