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Vedanth Bharadwaj

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BHAR01

Vedanth Bharadwaj has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at SacCubing XXIII 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,035 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.94 in November 2021 to 8.24, a 61% improvement. Vedanth has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.24
signature single · SacCubing XXIII 2026
1,035
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.2410.09
top 3.2%1,828 / 59,724
2×21.923.28
top 4.2%1,685 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.254.98
top 4.5%1,180 / 28,708
Skewb3.054.26
top 5.2%806 / 18,907
4×435.4540.21
top 7.1%1,096 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.3619.21
top 8.8%1,183 / 15,683
Megaminx1:10.331:18.07
top 15.8%1,080 / 7,841
Clock8.809.50
top 18.9%1,443 / 8,927
5×51:20.981:33.34
top 19.9%1,556 / 9,401
6×63:04.393:19.82
top 43.2%1,604 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves50.67
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
7×75:38.115:57.76
early days — 3 solves1,853 / 3,184
Square-139.8054.92
top 65.1%4,279 / 6,743

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

SacCubing X 2021: 20.94Anaheim Winter B 2022: 13.55Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 14.29SacCubing XI 2022: 13.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 13.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 10.12Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 11.24Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 9.47SacCubing XII 2022: 11.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 11.37SacCubing XIII 2023: 12.81SacCubing XVIII 2024: 10.23Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 11.57Rocklin Winter 2024: 11.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 10.71Berkeley Winter 2025: 10.90Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 9.48Berkeley Spring 2025: 8.87Michigan Mini 30 2025: 8.82Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 9.40SCU I: May the Fourth Be With You 2025: 9.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.19Davis Summer 2025: 8.95Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 10.60Benicia Open 2025: 9.89San Ramon Fall 2025: 9.89Reno Mini Fall 2025: 8.95Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 10.96Berkeley November Weekday 2025: 9.42Dublin California Open 2025: 8.27Berkeley Favorites 2026: 9.45Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 9.90Berkeley Spring 2026: 9.34Belmont Spring 2026: 9.53SacCubing XXIII 2026: 8.24Alameda County Fair 2026: 9.47Mountain House Open 2026: 8.46Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 8.658.2420.9413 Nov 202129 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 0.24 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.