People · Australia
Smaran Singh
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020SING03
Smaran Singh has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Melbourne Summer 2023, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 558th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2020, he has put 164 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.43 in January 2020 to 9.48, a 29% improvement. Smaran has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 10.02 | top 6.1% | 558 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.07 | top 10.3% | 775 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.48 | 26.19 | top 19.1% | 430 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 47.17 | 52.64 | top 21.0% | 523 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.46 | 7.64 | top 23.5% | 1,190 / 5,993 | |
| Square-1 | 19.20 | 27.63 | top 26.1% | 250 / 899 | |
| Skewb | 7.81 | 11.35 | top 39.8% | 1,201 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 17.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 586 / 1,095 |
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
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.69 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020First competition: Melbourne Summer 2020. A 13.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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.
- Divnoor Bajwa — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Zach Amiridis — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.