People · India
Sivasaran Babu
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017BABU05
Sivasaran Babu has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.99, set at Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 258th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2017, he has put 212 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.11 in October 2017 to 7.99, a 73% improvement. Sivasaran 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 | 7.99 | 8.81 | top 2.8% | 258 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 4.88 | top 12.7% | 1,048 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.09 | 9.27 | top 28.6% | 1,760 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.40 | 1:24.57 | top 52.0% | 1,746 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.37 | 42.60 | top 56.1% | 2,201 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 15.17 | 21.97 | top 78.8% | 2,393 / 3,524 |
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
- 1 Jun 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-20 3×3: 13.48 at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018.
- 1 Dec 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018.
- 20 Oct 2017First competition: Indian Cube Challenge 2017. A 29.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMass Spring 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing VII 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Bengaluru Cool Down 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2019 · 8 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2019 · 1 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bengaluru Winter Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Bheja Fry Year End Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017
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.
- Naren Ramesh — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aniketh Arya — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sukesh Kumar — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.