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Abhay Cheemalapati

3×3 · top 0.62% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021CHEE01

Abhay Cheemalapati has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.20, set at Battle Ground 2025, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 420th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since September 2021, he has put 1,202 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in September 2021 to 6.20, a 53% improvement. Abhay has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.62% of 288,433 all-time
6.20
signature single · Battle Ground 2025
1,202
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.209.65
top 0.62%420 / 60,666
2×21.322.72
top 1.4%600 / 41,674
Pyraminx2.463.69
top 2.1%558 / 29,168
Square-18.1110.33
top 3.2%238 / 6,846
Skewb2.954.43
top 4.8%753 / 19,164
Clock6.306.97
top 8.3%656 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed16.1619.74
top 10.7%1,437 / 15,900
4×439.2045.16
top 11.3%1,685 / 19,354
Megaminx1:23.461:28.10
top 24.1%1,701 / 8,026
5×51:26.131:36.99
top 24.3%1,914 / 9,537
6×63:28.913:45.61
top 54.4%2,079 / 4,262

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

BC Cubing Comeback A 2021: 13.30SacCubing X 2021: 12.91SnoCo Goes Back to Square-1 2021: 11.36PLU NxN 2022: 11.76Rose City 2022: 13.22School's Out PLU 2022: 11.44Oregon Championship 2022: 12.32Eugene Cubing 2023: 9.16Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023: 10.90CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.62Oregon Championship 2023: 9.22Lucky Lynnwood 2023: 10.73Salem Spooktacular 2023: 10.73CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 9.32Eugene Ice Cubing 2024: 11.57Oregon Championship 2024: 6.93McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024: 8.37Couve Cubing Fall 2024: 8.89Hillsboro Winter 2025: 9.08Tacoma Winter 2025: 8.36Hillsboro Newcomers 2025: 10.17Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025: 7.89Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.20Battle Ground 2025: 6.20Oregon Championship 2025: 8.46McMinnville Favorites 2026: 10.48Oregon State Fall 2026: 8.156.2013.3025 Sep 20213 Oct 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.