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Vivek Verma
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016VERM04
Vivek Verma has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.59, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,257th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,342 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.92 in May 2016 to 7.59, a 49% improvement. Vivek has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 7.59 | 9.53 | top 2.1% | 1,257 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.64 | 6.16 | top 2.6% | 682 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.91 | top 5.2% | 2,080 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 33.87 | 39.58 | top 5.7% | 879 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.32 | 16.83 | top 8.8% | 1,175 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.08 | 1:18.91 | top 13.9% | 1,061 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 21.05 | 24.41 | top 30.3% | 1,963 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:51.86 | 3:04.79 | top 37.0% | 1,340 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.78 | 2:08.89 | top 39.1% | 2,818 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 5:48.02 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,944 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 33.91 | — | top 88.7% | 7,912 / 8,927 |
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
- 30 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 23 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022.
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2019.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at South Enough 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2017.
Competitions
- Berkeley March Weekday 2026 · 13 Mar 2026
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Berkeley September Weekday 2025 · 19 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley August Weekday 2025 · 27 Aug 2025
- Berkeley April Weekday Tricubealon 2025 · 28 Apr 2025
- Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 4 Dec 2024
- Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 18 Nov 2024
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024
- Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 21 Oct 2024
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Berkeley Spring 2024 · 21 Apr 2024
- Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024 · 15 Apr 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024 · 17 Mar 2024
- Berkeley Weekday in Spring 2024 · 12 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Winter 2024 · 18 Feb 2024
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 45 - Berkeley Time 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 42 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 37 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 30 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
- SacCubing XI 2022 · 27 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018 · 18 Mar 2018
- Berkeley Winter 2018 · 24 Feb 2018
- South Enough 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2017 · 18 Nov 2017
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- San Ramon 2017 · 15 Jul 2017
- Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- IIA Summer Open 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 235 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- An Le — met in 194 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Mitchell Lane — met in 194 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.