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Aadhiran Thangarathan

4×4 · top 1.1% of 85,040 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019THAN04

Aadhiran Thangarathan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.40, set at Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in India. Until June 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 79 competitions since March 2019, he has put 2,856 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 4×4 best has come down from 4:47.78 in December 2019 to 26.40, a 91% improvement. Aadhiran has entered 79 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.1% of 85,040 all-time
26.40
signature single · Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026
2,856
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
4×426.4031.98
top 1.1%30 / 4,220
5×549.7358.53
top 1.7%20 / 1,537
Megaminx42.1549.24
top 2.2%18 / 1,458
2×21.823.47
top 3.7%286 / 12,225
3×38.6210.10
top 4.0%406 / 20,146
Pyraminx3.455.50
top 5.3%303 / 8,971
6×61:49.431:57.87
top 7.0%29 / 537
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves39.00
top 8.0%23 / 612
7×72:54.482:59.43
top 9.1%36 / 365
Clock6.888.01
top 10.4%82 / 1,109
Skewb5.549.75
top 22.3%628 / 3,548
3×3 one-handed21.8827.39
top 25.8%920 / 4,534
Square-126.8235.27
top 43.2%306 / 813
3×3 blindfolded5:27.72—
early days — 1 solve463 / 605

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

C3 Cup Finale 2019: 4:47.78Nexus Monsoon Open 2022: 2:10.16KCT Matrix Cube Open 2022: 1:55.60Nexus Winter Open 2022: 2:14.75RVITM Big N Blind 2023: 1:39.79Bangalore Cube Open July 2023: 1:50.84Side Events Bangalore Oct 2023: 1:33.95Cubing ATMOSphere 2023: 1:21.01Reliance Alleppey Open 2023: 1:07.56Bangalore Championship 2023: 1:13.25Side Events Bangalore Jan 2024: 1:01.29Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2024: 1:01.20DC Winter Open 2024: 1:17.16Mysore Cube Open 2024: 1:06.88Side Events Bangalore Feb 2024: 53.09Big N Blind Bangalore Feb 2024: 59.35Side Events Bangalore March 2024: 56.39Big N Blind Bangalore March 2024: 56.14Bangalore Newcomers 2024: 1:05.45Side Events Bangalore April 2024: 59.86Big N Blind Bangalore April 2024: 51.04Side Events Bangalore May 2024: 49.34Side Events Bangalore June 2024: 52.70Side Events Bangalore July 2024: 48.38Big n Blind Bangalore July 2024: 49.92MySkool Cube Open BLR Aug 2024: 46.51Puzzling at JHS Aug 2024: 48.57Kumaraguru Cube Open 2024: 44.73Karnataka Cube Championship 2024: 58.08Bangalore Cube Open 2024: 51.42Side Events Bangalore Jan 2025: 58.31Big N Blind Bangalore Jan 2025: 44.29Republic Cube Open BLR 2025: 41.03Side Events Bangalore Feb 2025: 41.14Jus'Cubing Side Events BLR Mar 2025: 29.84Bangalore Cube Open 2025: 34.73CubeX Summer Open Bangalore 2025: 32.89Galleria Bangalore Cube Open A 2025: 32.17Big N Blind Bangalore July 2025: 29.03South India Cube Championship 2025: 31.41Mysore Cube Open 2025: 34.08VIT Cube Open 2025: 33.08Bangalore Mini Oct B 2025: 29.76Big N Blind Bengaluru Oct 2025: 31.66M5 Open B Bengaluru 2025: 30.65DC Hyderabad Winter Open 2025: 29.46Pravega IISc BLR Cube Open 2026: 26.40Big N Blind Bangalore March 2026: 30.67Indian Cube Challenge BLR 2026: 35.18Cubing at Sri Eshwar Coimbatore 2026: 33.55Oakridge Independence Cube Open 2026: 32.76Twist 'n Turn Hyd Open 2026: 27.93Big N Blind Bengaluru Sep 2026: 30.12HiLITE Cube Open 2026: 30.79Indian Elite Championship 2026: 29.4126.404:47.7828 Dec 20192 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 4×4. 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-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
  • A sub-40 5×5 single — 73 people have one; it is 9.73 away.

Targets move as he improves.