People · United States
Satvik Vallabhaneni
2×2 · top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025VALL07
Satvik Vallabhaneni has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.58, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,011th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2025, he has put 402 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.26 in August 2025 to 10.36, a 59% improvement. Satvik has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 2.92 | top 2.5% | 1,011 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 12.60 | top 8.6% | 4,779 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.37 | 6.57 | top 15.6% | 4,154 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.08 | 22.63 | top 18.1% | 2,363 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 5.76 | 8.41 | top 24.0% | 3,927 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.10 | 1:07.50 | top 37.7% | 6,173 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.53 | 2:14.16 | top 49.5% | 3,756 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.97 | — | top 65.3% | 5,783 / 9,537 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 4 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Christmas City Cubing PA 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 2 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 6 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at LCCC Cubing Summer 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- LCCC Cubing Summer 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 67 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zayn Khanani — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.