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Aditya Nair
3×3 · top 9.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016NAIR03
Aditya Nair has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.61, set at DJSCE Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,047th in India. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2016, he has put 96 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.41 in October 2016 to 10.61, a 65% improvement. Aditya has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.61 | 11.97 | top 9.3% | 1,047 / 20,018 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.35 | 27.31 | top 29.7% | 1,083 / 4,516 | |
| 2×2 | 4.44 | 5.24 | top 32.2% | 2,852 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.52 | 12.28 | top 32.2% | 2,040 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.95 | 1:38.81 | top 50.6% | 1,691 / 4,186 | |
| Skewb | 24.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,073 / 3,524 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at DJSCE Cube Open 2025.
- 17 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.72 at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024.
- 17 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024.
- 19 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.83 at DSK Pune Cube Open 2019.
- 22 Dec 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.89 at Cubelelo Winter Open 2016.
- 15 Oct 2016First competition: Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016. A 30.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Saraswati College Cube Open 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- DJSCE Cube Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Mumbai Cubing Sprint 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DSK Pune Cube Open 2019 · 19 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubelelo Winter Open 2016 · 22 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Cube Pune Open 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Somya Srivastava — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Dhruv M. Sheth — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.