People · India
Abhimanyu Malik
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022MALI11
Abhimanyu Malik has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2022, he has put 213 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.47 in January 2023 to 8.24, a 34% improvement. Abhimanyu has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.08 | top 3.2% | 304 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.56 | top 7.2% | 560 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.98 | 8.65 | top 13.0% | 760 / 8,934 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 12.09 | top 29.0% | 808 / 3,524 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.35 | 1:07.45 | top 40.0% | 1,289 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.94 | 32.57 | top 41.8% | 1,542 / 4,516 | |
| 5×5 | 2:38.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 936 / 1,525 | |
| Square-1 | 46.22 | 58.61 | top 72.4% | 516 / 805 |
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
- 23 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023.
- 23 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023.
- 17 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First competition: Delhi Side Events Open 2022.
Competitions
- Delhi Cube Open 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- D21 Delhi Cube Open D 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
- Gurugram Cube Open 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SpeedCubing Delhi Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Speedcubing ESYA 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Studio 21 Open Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2023 · 17 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mathsoc Delhi Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Delhi Side Events Open 2022 · 17 Dec 2022
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.
- Nevan Jain — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Veenayak Bhola — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Kaarnik Jain — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.