People · United States
Vignesh Saravanan
3×3 · top 4.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022PRAB09
Vignesh Saravanan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,382nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 64 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.09 in December 2022 to 8.74, a 52% improvement. Vignesh has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.74 | 10.77 | top 4.3% | 2,382 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 4.60 | top 20.9% | 8,206 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.25 | 32.03 | top 40.0% | 5,327 / 15,683 |
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 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 9.59 at River Hill Fall 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at River Hill Fall 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First competition: Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022. A 18.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Saturday in SSN 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
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.
- Stone Payne — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Panashe Sharma — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Colin Mauldin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.