People · India
Santosh Narayanan
2×2 · top 7.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NARA07
Santosh Narayanan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Tamil Nadu Cube Open Tournament 2022, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 560th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2022, he has put 324 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.70 in July 2022 to 2.32, a 51% improvement. Santosh has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.32 | 4.05 | top 7.2% | 560 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 11.81 | 13.99 | top 13.2% | 1,583 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 4.71 | 8.55 | top 16.0% | 434 / 3,524 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 8.72 | top 19.2% | 1,149 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.43 | 32.45 | top 40.4% | 1,484 / 4,516 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:00.76 | — | early days — 3 solves | 263 / 598 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.89 | 1:40.38 | top 56.6% | 1,944 / 4,186 | |
| Clock | 33.99 | — | top 88.8% | 901 / 1,092 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at VIT Cube Open 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 4 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Tamil Nadu Cube Open Tournament 2022.
- 31 Jul 2022First competition: KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022. A 17.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at Vivira A 2026 · 9 May 2026
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Play Extreme Cubing B 2025 · 3 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SSN Cube Open 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Back to Cubing Madras 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rajalakshmi Engineering College Cube Open 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- MCC Cube Open 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
- KSRCT Cube Open 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Varsha Ritu Cube Open 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tamil Nadu Cube Open Tournament 2022 · 4 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Comes To Pondy 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022 · 31 Jul 2022
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.
- Mohamed Arif — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sanjay Kumar — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.