People · Australia
Aathi Vijayalayan
2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024VIJA04
Aathi Vijayalayan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Tassie Summer 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 312th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2024, he has put 147 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.04 in April 2024 to 9.12, a 62% improvement. Aathi 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 2.28 | top 4.0% | 312 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.12 | 11.92 | top 5.1% | 479 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 5.59 | top 6.6% | 289 / 5,993 | |
| Clock | 7.78 | 11.32 | top 14.1% | 161 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 46.45 | 52.04 | top 20.1% | 492 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 5.92 | 7.63 | top 25.1% | 670 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.84 | 28.21 | top 31.1% | 709 / 2,659 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at TAS State Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 9.12 at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Tassie Summer 2025.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at Hobart Winter 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First competition: Try Cubing Hobart 2024. A 24.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tamar Valley Turning 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- TAS State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hobart Winter 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Try Cubing Hobart 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 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.
- Veer Liu Dogra — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jode Brewster — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony Rochester — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.