People · Canada
Saro Vanayan
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019VANA01
Saro Vanayan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2019, he has put 180 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.33 in January 2019 to 13.76, a 50% improvement. Saro has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 6.01 | top 1.8% | 111 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 8.00 | top 10.9% | 404 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.04 | 10.66 | top 18.5% | 426 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.76 | 21.06 | top 20.1% | 1,912 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 19.45 | 25.08 | top 26.7% | 231 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.79 | 1:21.73 | top 43.8% | 1,181 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 999 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 4:48.89 | — | early days — 3 solves | 475 / 665 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at London Winter A 2023.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.43 at Newmarket Open 2019.
- 12 Jan 2019First competition: Ajax Winter 2019. A 27.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- London Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hamilton Side Events 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Guelph Side Events 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Lee — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.