People · India
Sarakam Paardhiv
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016PAAR01
Sarakam Paardhiv has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,117th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2016, he has put 236 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.45 in October 2016 to 10.80, a 63% improvement. Sarakam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 14.77 | top 9.9% | 1,117 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.12 | 5.71 | top 28.0% | 2,438 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 11.17 | top 30.4% | 1,897 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 55.73 | 1:10.95 | top 31.6% | 967 / 4,186 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.63 | 1:56.77 | top 33.6% | 412 / 1,525 | |
| Square-1 | 34.12 | 53.08 | top 57.0% | 400 / 805 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.21 | 45.46 | top 62.7% | 2,513 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 14.77 | 33.76 | top 77.6% | 2,349 / 3,524 | |
| 6×6 | 5:59.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 472 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Mangalore Cube Open 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Bangalore Cube Open July 2023.
- 29 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bangalore Cube Open July 2023.
- 31 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.85 at Hyderabad Cube Open 2018.
- 26 Feb 2017Three personal bests in one day at P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017.
Competitions
- Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- Side Events Finprov 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Fest B 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mangalore Cube Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open July 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Hyderabad Cube Open 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- P3 Grand Open - Feb 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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.
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ankit A — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Anshul Badami Rao — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.