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Shiva Thadkamalla

3×3 · top 8.2% of 289,612 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015THAD01

Shiva Thadkamalla has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at Derwood Cubing Derby Fall 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,582nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since September 2015, he has put 619 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 36,575 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.73 in September 2015 to 10.23, a 68% improvement. Shiva has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.2% of 289,612 all-time
10.23
signature single · Derwood Cubing Derby Fall 2026
619
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.2312.11
top 8.2%4,582 / 60,875
2×22.485.00
top 8.8%3,510 / 41,785
4×437.9544.78
top 9.8%1,500 / 19,402
5×51:11.561:16.64
top 12.9%1,006 / 9,579
7×73:29.483:40.60
top 19.7%563 / 3,256
6×62:20.962:28.80
top 21.2%758 / 4,274
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves48.67
top 23.5%516 / 2,074
3×3 one-handed22.6330.80
top 27.8%3,652 / 15,951
Skewb6.889.08
top 32.8%5,579 / 19,202
Square-125.7430.37
top 40.9%2,695 / 6,871
Pyraminx9.1912.33
top 46.5%13,606 / 29,198
Clock14.9618.95
top 47.8%3,999 / 9,225

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

Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 31.73Virginia Open Fall 2015: 31.80Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 20.92Virginia Open Spring 2016: 16.92Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 19.92NovaCube 2017: 21.94TJHSST Spring 2025: 14.95More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 14.49Virginia Championship 2025: 12.77Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025: 15.64Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 12.85UMBC Fall 2025: 13.58River Hill Fall 2025: 13.03Fredericksburg Winter PM 2026: 11.69UMBC Winter 2026: 13.69Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 14.25TJHSST Winter 2026: 13.37Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 11.39Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 12.14Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 11.11Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026: 11.61UMBC Fall 2026: 10.97Virginia Championship 2026: 10.74Derwood Cubing Derby Fall 2026: 10.2310.2331.8026 Sep 201524 Oct 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-10 3×3 single — 21,738 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,105 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.

Your career, on a tee

His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →