People · India
Abhinav Nair
3×3 · top 6.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023NAIR02
Abhinav Nair has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.56, set at Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 659th in India. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.74 in May 2023 to 9.56, an 11% improvement. Abhinav has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.56 | 11.86 | top 6.3% | 659 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 4.77 | top 9.8% | 797 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.31 | 28.32 | top 29.6% | 1,078 / 4,516 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.31 | 15.12 | top 38.9% | 2,493 / 8,934 |
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
- 6 Jul 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: American School of Bahrain 2023. A 11.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SolveIt Bahrain 2025 · 20 Jun 2025
- Calicut Cubing Conquest 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- American School of Bahrain 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 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.
- Ahmad Alolaimi — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hussain Merza — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Hasan Aqeel Nesaif — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.