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Shaurya Bhardwaj (शौर्य भारद्वाज)

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BHAR08

Shaurya Bhardwaj (शौर्य भारद्वाज) has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 381st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2024, he has put 238 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.20 in June 2024 to 8.55, a 61% improvement. Shaurya has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026
238
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×38.5511.75
top 3.8%381 / 20,018
2×22.253.65
top 6.6%511 / 12,146
Pyraminx6.127.88
top 20.9%1,263 / 8,934
4×447.8958.26
top 22.0%643 / 4,186
Clock12.0814.74
top 35.3%296 / 1,092
3×3 one-handed26.1028.89
top 37.1%1,340 / 4,516
Skewb8.9012.60
top 47.7%1,335 / 3,524

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

Gurugram Monsoon Cube Open 2024: 22.20Delhi Cube Challenge 2024: 17.76Odd Day In Delhi 2024: 12.76D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025: 14.14Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2025: 13.18Speedcubing Delhi ESYA 2025: 12.24Don't Pause in Delhi 2026: 12.64Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2026: 8.55Gurugram Cube Open 2026: 12.17Noida Summer Cube Open 2026: 12.138.5522.2029 Jun 202420 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.