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Shyam Sundar Kanaka
Pyraminx · top 32.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014KANA03
Shyam Sundar Kanaka has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Republic Cube Open BLR 2025, puts him in the top 32.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,087th in India. Across 9 competitions since August 2014, he has put 141 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.59 in August 2014 to 7.61, a 44% improvement. Shyam has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 7.61 | 14.59 | top 32.9% | 2,087 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 23.83 | 29.01 | top 49.9% | 7,438 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 6.52 | 7.29 | top 56.2% | 5,541 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,989 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 24.11 | 34.67 | top 94.2% | 3,070 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 8:58.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,528 / 1,525 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 16 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022.
- 29 Aug 2015First sub-30 3×3: 29.01 at Brain Studio Cube Open 2015.
- 15 Nov 2014Three personal bests in one day at Brain Studio Cube Open 2014.
- 15 Aug 2014First competition: Indian Cube Challenge 2014. A 41.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Galleria Bangalore Cube Open B 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bangalore Cube Open 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Brain Studio Cube Open 2014 · 15 Nov 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2014 · 15 Aug 2014
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.
- Vivek Prasad Mada — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krishanth Thangarathan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Akula Pavan Kumar — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.