People · India
Ajit Kumar Kandikuppa
3×3 · top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KAND03
Ajit Kumar Kandikuppa has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at Karnataka Cube Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 93rd in India. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2024, he has put 689 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Ajit 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.68 | 9.96 | top 1.0% | 93 / 20,146 | |
| 7×7 | 2:13.81 | 2:23.61 | top 1.7% | 7 / 365 | |
| 5×5 | 51.32 | 56.04 | top 2.2% | 24 / 1,537 | |
| 6×6 | 1:33.04 | 1:39.32 | top 2.5% | 9 / 537 | |
| 4×4 | 29.85 | 32.90 | top 2.8% | 71 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.53 | 22.70 | top 7.2% | 226 / 4,534 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.81 | top 8.5% | 694 / 12,225 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.53 | 1:14.20 | top 16.0% | 155 / 1,458 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.72 | 14.23 | top 42.5% | 2,766 / 8,971 | |
| Skewb | 11.94 | 14.03 | top 65.8% | 1,948 / 3,548 | |
| Clock | 27.09 | — | top 80.4% | 784 / 1,109 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at South India Cube Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at AMR Planet Cube Open 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Republic Cube Open BLR 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Karnataka Cube Championship 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pune Cube Carnival 2024.
- 23 Aug 2024First competition: Telangana Cube Championship 2024. A 9.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Indian Elite Championship 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cube Open Hyderabad April 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SRMAP Cube Clash Feb 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- South India Cube Championship 2025 · 14 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- AMR Planet Cube Open 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Republic Cube Open BLR 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- DC Hyderabad Open December 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Karnataka Cube Championship 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bheja Fry October Bangalore 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Cube Carnival 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Telangana Cube Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Velidi Venkata Jagan Mohana Murali Krishna — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
- Hitesh Kumar Bhuwalka — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Mohith B (ಮೋಹಿತ್ ಬಿ) — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 86 people have one; it is 13.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.