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Saumya Bansal
Pyraminx · top 4.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014BANS01
Saumya Bansal has been competing for 13 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.14, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts her in the top 4.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 235th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2014, she has put 457 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 13.90 in January 2014 to 3.14, a 77% improvement. Saumya has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.14 | 4.87 | top 4.1% | 235 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 9.67 | top 32.2% | 2,852 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 23.04 | 28.80 | top 48.0% | 7,088 / 20,018 | |
| Skewb | 10.41 | 14.75 | top 57.5% | 1,665 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 21.93 | 27.27 | top 70.0% | 649 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2015First sub-30 3×3: 28.94 at MathSoc Open 2015.
- 25 Oct 2014Five personal bests in one day at Cubing V1.0 2014.
- 25 Jul 2014First sub-60 3×3: 46.93 at Indian Nationals 2014.
- 25 Jul 2014Five personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2014.
- 10 Jan 2014First competition: Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014. A 1:07.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Agra Cube Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Delhi Big Cube Open 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Taj City Open 2018 · 22 Dec 2018
- Pink City Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018
- Lord Of The Minx 2017 · 24 Sep 2017
- Cubing Complexity 2016 · 17 Dec 2016
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2016 · 27 Aug 2016
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 2016
- Great Indian Cubeathon 2016 · 8 Jan 2016
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 17 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Akash Open 2015 · 27 Jun 2015
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- National Cubing Region Open 2015 · 11 Apr 2015
- FMCed 2015 · 29 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- MathSoc Open 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 1 personal best set
- PB Smashathon 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Genius Kid India Open 2014 · 21 Dec 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing V1.0 2014 · 25 Oct 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2014 · 25 Jul 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- National Cubing Region Open 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Open 2014 · 28 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- MathSoc Open 2014 · 14 Feb 2014
- Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014 · 10 Jan 2014
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 her.
- Shivam Bansal — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Akash Rupela — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Abhi Gawande — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as she improves.