People · United States
Somansh Garimella
3×3 · top 8.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023GARI02
Somansh Garimella has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.23, set at NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,477th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2023, he has put 290 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 9 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.76 in April 2023 to 10.23, a 67% improvement. Somansh 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.23 | 12.21 | top 8.1% | 4,477 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.02 | top 13.7% | 5,371 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 8.15 | top 17.8% | 4,712 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.75 | 1:12.41 | top 37.3% | 6,018 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.75 | 14.24 | top 46.7% | 8,271 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.68 | 43.59 | top 58.5% | 8,162 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,105 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 23.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,287 / 8,927 |
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
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.61 at Puzzles in Pottsville 2025.
- 25 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.19 at New Jersey Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2024.
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-30 3×3: 23.04 at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: South Jersey Speedsolving 2023. A 30.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- M Moves in Middlebury 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berwick Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chemung Cubing 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Ridall — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.