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Advik Bansal
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BANS02
Advik Bansal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 352nd in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 221 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.22 in May 2023 to 2.16, a 59% improvement. Advik has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.45 | 9.79 | top 3.6% | 352 / 20,018 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 2.79 | top 5.9% | 455 / 12,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.51 | 5.79 | top 10.3% | 589 / 8,934 | |
| 4×4 | 41.27 | 48.46 | top 13.6% | 367 / 4,186 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.34 | 21.17 | top 16.0% | 541 / 4,516 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 8.40 | top 28.3% | 790 / 3,524 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.52 | 1:47.79 | top 30.3% | 357 / 1,525 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:06.31 | 5:46.43 | early days — 3 solves | 432 / 598 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jul 2024Six personal bests in one day at Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.00 at Dubai Open 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Dubai Open 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Studio 21 Open Saturday 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Studio 21 Open Saturday 2023.
- 21 May 2023First competition: Raha Open 2023. A 17.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai A 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dubai American Academy Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mahavira Delhi Cube Open Saturday 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Dubai Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Studio 21 Open Saturday 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Raha Open 2023 · 21 May 2023
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.
- Armax Zander Guevara — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Abdallah Belal Omar — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- John Hermiel Catacutan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.