People · Canada
Sohum Nigam
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021NIGA01
Sohum Nigam has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 384th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2021, he has put 303 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.52 in December 2021 to 8.62, a 44% improvement. Sohum has entered twelve 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 10.63 | top 4.0% | 384 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 4.34 | top 7.5% | 489 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.46 | 8.85 | top 16.2% | 647 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 46.61 | 50.73 | top 20.3% | 512 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.91 | 27.05 | top 23.0% | 494 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.84 | 2:22.75 | top 49.2% | 639 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 2:51.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 947 / 952 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 22 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.81 at BC Cubing Springback A 2022.
- 22 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at BC Cubing Springback A 2022.
- 12 Dec 2021First competition: Richmond Open B 2021. A 15.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver's on Tracks 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Rumble 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- BC Spring Solving A 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback A 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021
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.
- Peter Barnwell — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Davies — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Naitik Kaushal — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.