People · India
Akash Malajpure
2×2 · top 5.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016MALA01
Akash Malajpure has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 415th in India. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2016, he has put 307 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.81 in March 2016 to 10.09, a 32% improvement. Akash has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.09 | 6.16 | top 5.4% | 415 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 12.34 | top 7.8% | 878 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.07 | 16.22 | top 8.3% | 274 / 4,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.25 | 8.19 | top 14.8% | 866 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:19.40 | 1:40.72 | top 19.4% | 75 / 605 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.24 | 1:57.65 | top 35.5% | 379 / 1,458 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.98 | 1:19.62 | top 42.9% | 1,420 / 4,220 | |
| Square-1 | 31.31 | — | top 51.9% | 360 / 813 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 24:58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 85 / 172 | |
| Skewb | 12.41 | 29.90 | top 68.1% | 2,022 / 3,548 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 484 / 612 | |
| Clock | 45.66 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,018 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at SCMU 2017.
- 17 Jun 2016Six personal bests in one day at SCMU 2016.
- 25 Mar 2016First competition: Indian Nationals 2016. A 14.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- BITS Pilani CubeStorm 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Returns Nagpur 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Delhi Summer Showdown 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Noida Summer Cube Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Raipur Cube Carnival 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- SCMU 2017 · 1 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- SCMU 2016 · 17 Jun 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Indian Nationals 2016 · 25 Mar 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.
- Saiyam Jain — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Shivam Bansal — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alaik Bhatia — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.