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Shivaram Ganesh
Pyraminx · top 8.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023GANE06
Shivaram Ganesh has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.23, set at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 510th in India. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.84 in November 2023 to 17.58, a 32% improvement. Shivaram has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.23 | 11.30 | top 8.8% | 510 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 17.58 | 20.78 | top 32.8% | 4,477 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 4.78 | 6.09 | top 36.5% | 3,350 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:42.98 | 2:54.73 | top 72.6% | 2,591 / 4,186 | |
| Megaminx | 3:17.56 | 4:12.70 | top 80.1% | 989 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.56 | 1:10.49 | top 81.8% | 3,379 / 4,516 |
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
- 7 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.37 at Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024.
- 20 Nov 2023First competition: Michigan Mini 9 2023. A 26.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Washtenaw Slow Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mega Madness 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Newcomers 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve 4 Justice Southfield 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 9 2023 · 20 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ansel de Jong — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Hermiz — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Shiv Ramamurthy — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.