People · United States
Somil Varshney
2×2 · top 6.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022VARS04
Somil Varshney has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Think In Fink Fall 2022, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,739th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 307 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.89 in October 2022 to 10.05, a 28% improvement. Somil 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.26 | top 6.8% | 2,739 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 13.30 | top 7.6% | 4,258 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 7.82 | 8.74 | top 14.2% | 1,117 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 47.98 | 1:02.39 | top 22.2% | 3,412 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 18.19 | 28.21 | top 23.9% | 1,587 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 5.90 | 8.01 | top 25.1% | 4,106 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.73 | 9.54 | top 34.0% | 9,739 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.97 | 29.53 | top 34.2% | 4,576 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.07 | 1:59.13 | top 42.8% | 3,186 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,378 / 2,059 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.20 | — | top 65.9% | 5,826 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:52.14 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,254 / 4,262 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Potomac Spring 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022First competition: Think In Fink Fall 2022. A 13.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Anglo America 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Dunkirk Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Anderson Hong — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Magnius Cikotas — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.