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Saransh Tandon

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2014 · 2014TAND02

Saransh Tandon has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 97th in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since February 2014, he has put 1,755 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Skewb best has come down from 12.21 in October 2014 to 2.67, a 78% improvement. Saransh has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.32
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016
1,755
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
2×21.324.11
top 1.4%97 / 12,146
Skewb2.674.68
top 3.5%70 / 3,524
3×311.1714.37
top 11.0%1,277 / 20,018
Pyraminx4.647.22
top 11.0%635 / 8,934
4×447.3952.40
top 21.3%614 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed20.4926.43
top 21.8%779 / 4,516
Clock11.9414.42
top 34.6%290 / 1,092
5×51:41.201:53.56
top 36.3%452 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 2 solves225 / 600
Square-130.551:09.23
top 50.4%343 / 805
Megaminx2:17.832:38.62
top 55.3%639 / 1,443
6×63:38.133:42.77
top 58.0%274 / 531
7×76:11.486:30.24
top 70.4%241 / 360

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

Cubing V1.0 2014: 12.21PB Smashathon 2015: 9.30MathSoc Open 2015: 7.39National Cubing Region Open 2015: 5.80Indian Nationals 2015: 4.92Akash Open 2015: 5.11Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 4.08Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 5.56MathSoc Open 2016: 6.49Indian Nationals 2016: 3.12National Cubing Region Open 2016: 4.31Cubing Complexity 2016: 4.27MathSoc Open 2017: 5.82SNU Open 2017: 3.30Indian Nationals 2017: 2.67National Cubing Region Open 2017: 4.42Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 5.09Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 2.67Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 3.95MathSoc Open 2018: 3.87SNU Open 2018: 2.69Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018: 2.94Speedcubing ESYA 2018: 3.48Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 4.35MathSoc Open 2019: 4.69Indian Nationals 2019: 4.21Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019: 3.58Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023: 5.97Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023: 4.16Delhi Cube Challenge 2024: 3.87D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2024: 3.22Delhi Cube Open 2025: 3.84Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025: 3.682.6712.2125 Oct 201422 Mar 2025

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.67 away.

Targets move as he improves.