People · India
Soami Kapadia
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016KAPA01
Soami Kapadia has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.45, set at Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 173rd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 581 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.06 in January 2016 to 7.45, a 65% improvement. Soami 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.45 | 8.65 | top 1.9% | 173 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.09 | 15.41 | top 4.6% | 137 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.33 | 3.89 | top 7.3% | 574 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.07 | 7.81 | top 8.0% | 458 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 39.65 | 44.35 | top 11.7% | 320 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 6.33 | 9.64 | top 28.4% | 793 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.57 | 2:06.37 | top 38.8% | 488 / 1,525 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.99 | 2:09.27 | top 39.3% | 431 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:37.22 | — | top 45.5% | 218 / 598 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 515 / 600 |
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
- 28 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023.
- 23 Mar 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at SRM Cube Open 2018.
- 23 Mar 2018Ten personal bests in one day at SRM Cube Open 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Shaastra Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- Nexus Summer Open Bangalore Sunday 2023 · 28 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Phoenix C3 Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Autumn Open 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Caarn Ahmedabad Cube Open 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2018 · 28 Jul 2018
- SRM Cube Open 2018 · 23 Mar 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CMI Tessellate Cube Open 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Grand Cube Open 2017 · 26 Nov 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- SSN Cube Open 2017 · 28 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open - May 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2016 · 23 Jan 2016
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.
- Pranav Prabhu — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Arjun Paranthaman — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- PK Arumugam — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.