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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.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.4% of 129,321 all-time
2.59
signature single · Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014
1,698
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx2.594.96
top 2.4%122 / 8,934
3×38.459.74
top 3.6%352 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed14.6018.18
top 7.3%231 / 4,516
2×22.984.02
top 14.0%1,158 / 12,146
4×443.4751.54
top 16.4%451 / 4,186
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves42.00
top 23.4%88 / 600
Megaminx1:25.901:33.43
top 25.5%251 / 1,443
5×51:28.611:32.58
top 26.1%308 / 1,525
Skewb6.7910.58
top 32.0%898 / 3,524
Square-124.3734.58
top 37.7%259 / 805
3×3 blindfolded2:26.734:11.03
top 42.2%203 / 598
6×63:03.443:20.12
top 42.7%183 / 531
7×75:28.695:40.70
top 59.4%202 / 360
Clock22.5525.65
top 71.4%668 / 1,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 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

Bangalore Rubik's Cube Challenge 2011: 26.984th Shaastra Cube Open 2011: 22.32Amrita Cube Championship 2012: 16.80Pragyan Cube Open 2012: 15.60Chennai Mathematical Institute Open 2012: 14.03DJ SpeedCubing Open 2012: 13.29Shaastra Cube Open 2013: 13.97Amrita Cube Open 2013: 13.32Pragyan Cube Open 2013: 12.45Delhi Open 2013: 13.32CMI Fiesta Open 2013: 13.01Delhi Summer Open 2013: 11.98Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 10.82Techniche Cube Open 2013: 13.13VIT Rubik's Challenge 2013: 11.95Cubing ATMOSphere 2013: 10.43Shaastra Cube Open 2014: 13.62Carte Blanche Kube Open 2014: 11.85Pragyan Cube Open 2014: 11.50CMI Fiesta Open 2014: 13.04C3 Cube Open 2014: 11.79REC Cube Open 2015: 9.70SCMU ICT Open 2015: 10.51Indian Nationals 2015: 11.87REC Cube Challenge 2015: 10.47Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 9.36Hariology Vibes 2022: 10.07Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023: 10.85Indian Nationals 2023: 10.90mcubes Twist Gala 2024: 8.48mcubes Cubing Clash 2024: 10.50Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024: 12.45Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024: 10.51SABA Cube Open Kerala 2024: 9.06VIT Cube Open 2025: 8.45Weekend Cubing Hunt at Coimbatore 2026: 12.04Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026: 10.158.4526.9820 Aug 201126 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

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.