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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.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.59
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023
1,342
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.599.53
top 2.1%1,257 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.646.16
top 2.6%682 / 28,708
2×22.073.91
top 5.2%2,080 / 40,951
4×433.8739.58
top 5.7%879 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.3216.83
top 8.8%1,175 / 15,683
5×51:13.081:18.91
top 13.9%1,061 / 9,401
Square-121.0524.41
top 30.3%1,963 / 6,743
6×62:51.863:04.79
top 37.0%1,340 / 4,196
Megaminx1:47.782:08.89
top 39.1%2,818 / 7,841
7×75:48.02
early days — 3 solves1,944 / 3,184
Clock33.91
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

IIA Summer Open 2016: 14.92Anaadyanta Cube Open 2017: 12.04San Ramon 2017: 15.88Berkeley Summer 2017: 10.55San Ramon Cubed 2017: 11.69Berkeley Fall 2017: 13.15South Enough 2018: 10.88Berkeley Winter 2018: 11.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 10.82Berkeley Summer 2019: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 10.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 10.76SacCubing XI 2022: 10.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 9.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 11.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 9.20SacCubing XII 2022: 9.59Berkeley Fall 2022: 9.39WCC Western Championship 2022: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 9.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 8.47SacCubing XIII 2023: 9.24Berkeley Winter B 2023: 9.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 9.20Berkeley Spring 2023: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 9.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 11.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 9.33UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 9.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 9.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 8.25CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 7.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 7.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 8.61SacCubing XV 2023: 7.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 8.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 9.30Davis Fall 2023: 7.98Berkeley Fall 2023: 9.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 8.26Berkeley Winter 2024: 9.61Davis Winter 2024: 8.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 9.63Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 8.47Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.40Berkeley Summer 2024: 9.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 8.15Berkeley Fall 2024: 8.67Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 10.72Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 8.51Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 8.23Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 8.83Berkeley April Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 9.13Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 9.56Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 9.48Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 8.52Berkeley March Weekday 2026: 9.617.5915.8829 May 201613 Mar 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.

  • 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.