People · Nepal
Surav Krishna Shrestha
3×3 · top 2.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016SHRE05
Surav Krishna Shrestha has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.73, set at Nepali Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Nepal. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 563 official solves on the record across ten 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 13.39 in January 2016 to 7.73, a 42% improvement. Surav 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 | Nepal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.73 | 9.49 | top 2.3% | 6 / 562 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 2.68 | top 4.7% | 6 / 262 | |
| Skewb | 3.48 | 7.47 | top 7.6% | 8 / 96 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 6.53 | top 8.5% | 11 / 193 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.21 | 20.42 | top 8.6% | 9 / 132 | |
| 4×4 | 37.84 | 47.19 | top 9.6% | 11 / 120 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 32 moves | 44.33 | top 20.4% | 2 / 14 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.94 | 1:34.04 | top 21.5% | 9 / 42 | |
| Square-1 | 28.89 | 36.87 | top 47.3% | 12 / 26 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.17 | 2:29.16 | top 52.8% | 17 / 39 |
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
- 24 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Nepali Nationals 2019.
- 25 Aug 2018Four personal bests in one day at Cube Mahotsav 2018.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at GhanaTantra 2018.
- 24 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Nepal Open 2017.
- 12 Aug 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Cube Jatra 2017.
- 12 Aug 2017Seven personal bests in one day at Cube Jatra 2017.
Competitions
- Radiant Summer Cubing Nepal 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- IEEE Cubing Nepal 2025 · 19 Jul 2025
- Nepali Nationals 2025 · 27 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- LOCUS Cubing Nepal 2025 · 17 Jan 2025
- Welcome Back Nepal 2022 · 17 Jun 2022
- Nepali Nationals 2019 · 24 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Sankranti 2019 · 19 Jan 2019
- Nepal Open 2018 · 23 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Mahotsav 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- GhanaTantra 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2017 · 24 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Jatra 2017 · 12 Aug 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- Nepal Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Anup Adhikari — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Salon Ngakhushi — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Raman Shakya — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.