People · India
Abhinav Khot
Pyraminx · top 4.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017KHOT01
Abhinav Khot has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.11, set at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 230th in India. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2017, he has put 827 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 6.44 in August 2017 to 3.11, a 52% improvement. Abhinav has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.11 | 5.02 | top 4.0% | 230 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 2.93 | 4.45 | top 4.7% | 107 / 3,548 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.25 | top 7.8% | 627 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 12.48 | 15.03 | top 15.6% | 1,939 / 20,146 | |
| Square-1 | 17.83 | 30.41 | top 23.0% | 153 / 813 | |
| Clock | 9.72 | 11.42 | top 23.6% | 199 / 1,109 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.87 | 1:15.04 | top 39.6% | 1,287 / 4,220 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.49 | 2:27.56 | top 51.1% | 605 / 1,458 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:12.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 285 / 605 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.92 | 38.56 | top 57.2% | 2,274 / 4,534 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.91 | 2:49.40 | top 68.6% | 937 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 68 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 606 / 612 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025.
- 31 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Big n Blind in Bangalore 2019.
- 25 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at Bengaluru Summer Open 2019.
- 25 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Summer Open 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Cool Down 2019.
- 1 Dec 2018Four personal bests in one day at Bengaluru Winter Open 2018.
Competitions
- IIT Gandhinagar Cube Open 2026 · 10 Oct 2026
- Esplanade Cube Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- AML IIT Gandhinagar Open 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Amalthea Cube Open 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Side Events Bangalore May 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- i.Cube Open 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- Cubing Returns Bengaluru 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Big n Blind in Bangalore 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Forum Monsoon Open 2019 · 20 Jul 2019
- Bengaluru Summer Open 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Cool Down 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Winter Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Bangalore Open 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Bengaluru Championship 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Primus Cube Open - May 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Oakridge Cube Open - April 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Bheja Fry Year End Open 2017 · 30 Dec 2017
- APJ BLD Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Cube Challenge 2017 · 20 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ICC Juniors August 2017 · 12 Aug 2017
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.
- Aniketh Arya — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
- Kalyani H. Kiran — met in 107 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
- Vivek Kumar — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.