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Swaminathan Chandrasekaran
Pyraminx · top 2.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2011 · 2011CHAN13
Swaminathan Chandrasekaran has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 122nd in India. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since August 2011, he has put 1,698 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.98 in August 2011 to 8.45, a 69% improvement. Swaminathan has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.59 | 4.96 | top 2.4% | 122 / 8,934 | |
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 9.74 | top 3.6% | 352 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.60 | 18.18 | top 7.3% | 231 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.02 | top 14.0% | 1,158 / 12,146 | |
| 4×4 | 43.47 | 51.54 | top 16.4% | 451 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 42.00 | top 23.4% | 88 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.90 | 1:33.43 | top 25.5% | 251 / 1,443 | |
| 5×5 | 1:28.61 | 1:32.58 | top 26.1% | 308 / 1,525 | |
| Skewb | 6.79 | 10.58 | top 32.0% | 898 / 3,524 | |
| Square-1 | 24.37 | 34.58 | top 37.7% | 259 / 805 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:26.73 | 4:11.03 | top 42.2% | 203 / 598 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.44 | 3:20.12 | top 42.7% | 183 / 531 | |
| 7×7 | 5:28.69 | 5:40.70 | top 59.4% | 202 / 360 | |
| Clock | 22.55 | 25.65 | top 71.4% | 668 / 1,092 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 16:55 | — | top 82.1% | 135 / 168 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024.
- 7 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Big n BLD Finprov 2024.
- 4 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Please Be Quiet Colombo 2024.
- 29 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Indian Nationals 2015.
- 21 Mar 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at REC Cube Open 2015.
- 19 Jul 2013Three personal bests in one day at Indian Cube Challenge 2013.
Competitions
- Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026 · 26 Jul 2026
- Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- VIT Cube Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Side Events Finprov 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024 · 15 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- mcubes Cubing Clash 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big n BLD Finprov 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Colombo 2024 · 4 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- mcubes Twist Gala 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals FMC 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Please Be Quiet DST 2023 · 7 May 2023
- Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hariology Vibes 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- REC Cube Challenge 2015 · 2 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Nationals 2015 · 29 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- SCMU ICT Open 2015 · 22 Mar 2015
- REC Cube Open 2015 · 21 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2014 · 15 Aug 2014
- C3 Cube Open 2014 · 26 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- CMI Fiesta Open 2014 · 21 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2014 · 8 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2014 · 4 Jan 2014
- Cubing ATMOSphere 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013 · 28 Sep 2013
- Techniche Cube Open 2013 · 1 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2013 · 19 Jul 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Summer Open 2013 · 21 Jun 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- CMI Fiesta Open 2013 · 29 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Delhi Open 2013 · 4 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2013 · 2 Mar 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Open 2013 · 1 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Shaastra Cube Open 2013 · 5 Jan 2013
- DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012 · 6 Oct 2012 — 5 personal bests set
- Pragyan Cube Open 2012 · 26 Feb 2012 — 6 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Championship 2012 · 2 Feb 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- 4th Shaastra Cube Open 2011 · 1 Oct 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011 · 20 Aug 2011
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.
- Bhargav Narasimhan — met in 216 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Kesava Kirupa — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
- M Aashrit Krishna Sankaran — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.