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Siddhesh Janardan Katkar (सिद्धेश जनार्दन कातकर)
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KATK01
Siddhesh Janardan Katkar (सिद्धेश जनार्दन कातकर) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Korum Cube Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 953rd in India. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 256 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.57 in May 2018 to 10.33, a 47% improvement. Siddhesh 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.33 | 11.40 | top 8.4% | 953 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 51.46 | — | top 10.4% | 35 / 598 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.26 | 9.64 | top 21.9% | 1,330 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.87 | 24.38 | top 22.9% | 824 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 5.03 | top 24.9% | 2,170 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.08 | 1:04.51 | top 38.7% | 1,234 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 9 cubes · 51:50 | — | early days — 3 solves | 55 / 168 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 14:06.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 49 / 69 | |
| Skewb | 19.98 | 26.81 | top 89.6% | 2,831 / 3,524 | |
| Clock | 1:06.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,070 / 1,092 |
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
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Saraswati Open 2024.
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Oculus Cube Open 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 12 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at DY Patil Cube Open 2020.
- 25 May 2018First competition: Indian Nationals 2018. A 19.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- i.Cube Gandhinagar Open 2024 · 20 Oct 2024
- Mumbai Twistathon 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Korum Cube Challenge 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Saraswati Open 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Reliance Alleppey Open 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oculus Cube Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Mumbai 2022 · 20 Nov 2022
- DY Patil Cube Open 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018
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.
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shubham Maharana — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Yug Hiren Shah — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.