People · Kenya
Vardaan Datta
3×3 · top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019DATT01
Vardaan Datta has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.34, set at Kenya Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 22.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Kenya. Across 6 competitions since January 2019, he has put 150 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.24 in January 2019 to 14.34, a 70% improvement. Vardaan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.34 | 19.45 | top 22.2% | 42 / 356 | |
| 2×2 | 3.86 | 6.94 | top 24.7% | 28 / 217 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.91 | 13.18 | top 59.9% | 64 / 148 |
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
- 21 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Kenya Nationals 2024.
- 21 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kenya Nationals 2024.
- 7 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.49 at Mombasa Open 2024.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mombasa Open 2024.
- 16 Jul 2022First sub-30 3×3: 25.76 at Navitas Cube Challenge Kenya 2022.
- 16 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Navitas Cube Challenge Kenya 2022.
Competitions
- Gigiri Cubing Open AM 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Kenya Nationals 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mombasa Open 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- The Nairobi Open 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Navitas Cube Challenge Kenya 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Nairobi Cube Challenge 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
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.
- Kelvin Githiari Waturi — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rayan Parmar — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Eman Kabiru — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.