People · United States
Varun Sai Golakoti
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019GOLA01
Varun Sai Golakoti has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.72, set at Land of Lincoln 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,237th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2019, he has put 48 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.22 in August 2019 to 10.72, a 41% improvement. Varun has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 14.17 | top 9.6% | 5,237 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 53.80 | 1:07.99 | top 29.3% | 4,581 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 18.75 | top 47.9% | 8,521 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.26 | 22.29 | top 74.3% | 22,039 / 28,708 |
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 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.72 at Land of Lincoln 2025.
- 24 Aug 2019First competition: 3x3 Only Minnesota 2019. A 18.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- 3x3 Only Minnesota 2019 · 24 Aug 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.
- Max Niblett — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Walker Welch — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 3.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.