People · United States
Shivek Saraf
2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SARA09
Shivek Saraf has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.83, set at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,475th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 121 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.90 in November 2022 to 10.09, a 49% improvement. Shivek has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 1.83 | 6.06 | top 3.7% | 1,475 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 12.05 | top 7.7% | 4,256 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 2:37.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,869 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Don't Pop Austin 2024.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Houston Fall 2022. A 19.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Temple Cubing Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Cubing Simple in Temple 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 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.
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Conard — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.