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Vansham Pandya

3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016PAND12

Vansham Pandya has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Mumbai Twistathon 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 352nd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since December 2016, he has put 931 official solves on the record across eleven 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 29.16 in December 2016 to 8.45, a 71% improvement. Vansham has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.45
signature single · Mumbai Twistathon 2026
931
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
3×38.459.28
top 3.6%352 / 20,018
Pyraminx3.505.27
top 5.5%311 / 8,934
2×22.292.88
top 7.0%542 / 12,146
4×439.2845.03
top 11.3%308 / 4,186
Megaminx1:03.441:12.10
top 11.8%99 / 1,443
3×3 one-handed18.4722.27
top 16.3%557 / 4,516
Skewb6.659.82
top 30.9%860 / 3,524
5×51:44.141:48.88
top 38.4%480 / 1,525
Square-144.93—
early days — 3 solves504 / 805
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 1 solve401 / 600
Clock54.29—
early days — 1 solve1,041 / 1,092

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

Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 29.16Polyhedra Open 2017: 26.03SCMU 2017: 18.47Avenues Rubik's Cube Open 2017: 16.60Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2017: 14.12Indian Nationals 2018: 14.45Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 12.70KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018: 10.22VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018: 13.12Phoenix Marketcity Cube Challenge 2019: 10.66DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 9.43Phoenix Cube Challenge 2022: 9.25Growel's 101 Cube Open 2023: 8.87Korum Cube Challenge 2024: 9.39Mumbai Twistathon 2024: 9.62Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024: 10.90DJSCE Cube Open 2025: 8.76Mumbai Cube Challenge 2025: 8.91Synocubix Gandhinagar 2025: 8.92Korum Cube Challenge 2025: 9.69Mumbai Cubing Heat Wave 2025: 9.82Mumbai Twistathon 2025: 9.72DAU Gandhinagar Cube Open 2025: 8.95Saraswati College Open 2026: 8.60Mumbai Summer Cube Fiesta 2026: 9.59Mumbai Twistathon 2026: 8.45Mumbai Monsoon Mayhem 2026: 8.84Mumbai Monsoon Cube Fiesta 2026: 8.718.4529.1623 Dec 20169 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.