People · India
Adhwaryu Nilesh Kumbhar
2×2 · top 2.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018KUMB01
Adhwaryu Nilesh Kumbhar has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at DSK Cube Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 193rd in India. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2018, he has put 285 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in May 2018 to 9.58, a 54% improvement. Adhwaryu has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.59 | 3.85 | top 2.6% | 193 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 9.58 | 11.92 | top 6.4% | 678 / 20,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 6.32 | top 6.6% | 378 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.36 | 18.03 | top 11.1% | 365 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 39.61 | 45.49 | top 11.7% | 324 / 4,220 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.85 | 1:18.20 | top 14.4% | 135 / 1,458 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.45 | 2:21.56 | top 55.9% | 734 / 1,537 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:19.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 456 / 605 |
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
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.58 at Pune Cube Fiesta 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Pune Cube Fiesta 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at DSK Cube Open 2023.
- 19 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at DSK Pune Cube Open 2019.
- 28 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018.
- 9 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 15.63 at Pune Cube Open 2018.
Competitions
- IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Unscrambled 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Synocubix 2024 · 25 Feb 2024
- Pune Cube Fiesta 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- DSK Cube Open 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- IISER Pune Cube Open 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- DSK Pune Cube Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- VJTI Mumbai Cube Open 2018 · 28 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- KJSCE Mumbai Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pune Cube Open 2018 · 9 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2018 · 25 May 2018
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.
- Shubham Maharana — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Abhijeet Ghodgaonkar (अभिजीत घोडगावकर) — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.