People · United States
Shubh Salia-Namboodiri
2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025SALI01
Shubh Salia-Namboodiri has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at Calgary Fall 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 908th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2025, he has put 486 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in January 2025 to 7.85, a 57% improvement. Shubh has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.52 | 2.46 | top 2.2% | 908 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 7.85 | 9.18 | top 2.6% | 1,518 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.78 | 4.12 | top 2.9% | 801 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 8.45 | 11.74 | top 3.7% | 278 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 34.93 | 39.55 | top 6.7% | 1,047 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.29 | 17.68 | top 6.7% | 930 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 3.47 | 4.97 | top 7.6% | 1,193 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.74 | 1:08.24 | top 10.5% | 738 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.68 | 1:19.37 | top 15.2% | 1,187 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 8.65 | 13.51 | top 18.1% | 1,415 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.47 | 3:01.39 | top 35.9% | 1,311 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.73 | 4:50.73 | top 44.1% | 1,301 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:38.71 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,007 / 2,128 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 42.33 | early days — 3 solves | 1,046 / 2,059 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2026.
- 17 Jul 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Alberta 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Crossfield Fall 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Solved Central Alberta 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025.
Competitions
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Calgary Fall 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2026 · 17 Jul 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2026 · 6 Jun 2026
- Battle of Alberta 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Red Deer Favourites 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossfield Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edmonton River Valley Rumble 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 101 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.