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Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ)
Pyraminx · top 0.99% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CHAN58
Sourayan Chanda (সৌরায়ন চন্দ) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at Bengal Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44th in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2022, he has put 423 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 7.79 in September 2022 to 1.91, a 75% improvement. Sourayan has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.91 | 2.72 | top 0.99% | 44 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 1.56 | 2.59 | top 2.4% | 182 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 | 8.17 | 9.13 | top 3.1% | 288 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.59 | 15.84 | top 5.4% | 168 / 4,516 | |
| Clock | 6.68 | 9.69 | top 9.8% | 74 / 1,092 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.12 | 1:01.09 | top 10.1% | 80 / 1,443 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 333 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026.
- 20 Dec 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Bengal Cube Open 2024.
- 20 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bengal Cube Open 2024.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Howrah Cube Open 2024.
- 22 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Bengal Cube Open 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at IISER-K Autumn Open 2023.
Competitions
- Cubing Returns to Kolkata 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Patna Cube Challenge 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bengal Cube Open 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bengal Cube Open 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- IISER-K Autumn Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- IVWS Cube Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- IISER-K Spring Open 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns IISER Kolkata 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Howrah Cube Open 2022 · 4 Sep 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.
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Mukul Das (मुकुल दास) — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Ayush Patnaik — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.