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Akash Rupela

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012RUPE01

Akash Rupela has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.77, set at SNU Autumn Open 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 100th in India. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 117 competitions since January 2012, he has put 6,359 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.18 in January 2012 to 6.77, a 58% improvement. Akash has entered 117 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.77
signature single · SNU Autumn Open 2019
6,359
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×36.778.65
top 1.1%100 / 20,018
3×3 one-handed11.7415.48
top 2.7%82 / 4,516
2×21.803.07
top 3.6%272 / 12,146
Megaminx47.5954.71
top 4.1%30 / 1,443
Pyraminx3.365.40
top 4.9%280 / 8,934
4×433.5539.23
top 5.4%137 / 4,186
5×51:03.281:10.24
top 7.4%84 / 1,525
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves35.33
top 8.0%23 / 600
3×3 blindfolded44.8653.89
top 8.2%24 / 598
6×61:55.072:06.01
top 9.1%42 / 531
Skewb3.905.89
top 10.2%263 / 3,524
Square-112.3015.01
top 10.5%56 / 805
7×73:14.213:39.88
top 14.5%49 / 360
Clock9.7511.95
top 23.9%197 / 1,092
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 7 cubes · 48:50—
top 27.1%30 / 168
4×4 blindfolded7:10.07—
top 37.9%19 / 69
5×5 blindfolded45:35.00—
early days — 1 solve29 / 31

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

Indian Open 2012: 16.18IIT Roorkee Open 2012: 12.61Techfest Cube Mania 2013: 11.77Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2013: 11.03Delhi Open 2013: 11.10Indian Open 2013: 10.15Delhi Summer Open 2013: 11.36Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 8.33Speed Cubing Mumbai Unlimited 2014: 10.12Kshitij Open 2014: 9.85Rubi Quest 2014: 9.32MathSoc Open 2014: 9.85Delhi Open 2014: 8.29Indian Open 2014: 8.94IIT Roorkee Open 2014: 9.96National Cubing Region Open 2014: 8.66Indian Nationals 2014: 6.91Indian Cube Challenge 2014: 9.40VIT Rubiks Cube Challenge 2014: 9.28Cubing V1.0 2014: 8.53Genius Kid India Open 2014: 9.11Mumbai Open 2014: 8.79PB Smashathon 2015: 9.21MathSoc Open 2015: 9.33First Guwahati Open 2015: 9.37National Cubing Region Open 2015: 9.34Indian Nationals 2015: 9.82Akash Open 2015: 8.38Delhi Autumn Open 2015: 9.32Plenty o' Parity 2015: 7.85Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2015: 7.82Great Indian Cubeathon 2016: 8.80Shaastra Cube Open 2016: 9.34MathSoc Open 2016: 9.14Indian Open Rubik's Cube 2016: 8.40Indian Nationals 2016: 8.56National Cubing Region Open 2016: 9.08Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2016: 8.93Cubing Complexity 2016: 9.09Rubik's Cube Mumbai Open 2016: 8.54MathSoc Open 2017: 8.71Cube Challenge Quark 2017: 8.99Delhi Open 2017: 8.65SNU Open 2017: 9.13Indian Nationals 2017: 8.01City of Joy Open 2017: 9.26National Cubing Region Open 2017: 8.32Gujarat Cube Days 2017: 6.96Delhi Cube Splash 2017: 7.89Cube Jatra 2017: 8.92Speedcubing ESYA 2017: 8.44Lord Of The Minx 2017: 9.18J Cube Jammu 2017: 7.90Indian Cube Challenge 2017: 8.00Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2017: 8.31CubeHub Open 2017: 8.82Five Rivers Cube Open 2017: 8.69Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2017: 8.64Kyrgyzstan Open 2017: 9.11MathSoc Open 2018: 8.93Aboard the Pyraminx Train 2018: 7.77Dhaka Spring Open 2018: 8.02Indian Open 2018: 9.02SNU Open 2018: 8.82Indian Nationals 2018: 7.87Delhi Cubing Heat Wave 2018: 8.52Phoenix Cube Championship 2018: 8.06Bengaluru Championship 2018: 8.75Tajikistan Open 2018: 8.12Uzbekistan Open 2018: 8.34Pchelka Open 2018: 8.29LPU National Cube Challenge 2018: 8.57Five Rivers Cube Open 2018: 8.26Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2018: 8.45BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2018: 8.81Nepal Open 2018: 9.31Taj City Open 2018: 8.43Almaty Winter Cube 2019: 9.23MathSoc Open 2019: 7.36IIT Roorkee Open 2019: 8.03Indian Nationals 2019: 9.19Madagascar Cubing Open 2019: 8.44SSN Cube Open 2019: 8.17Speedcubing ESYA 2019: 7.88City Centre Sharjah Open 2019: 8.78SNU Autumn Open 2019: 6.77Five Rivers Cube Open 2019: 7.70Shri Ram Cubing Challenge 2019: 8.87City of Joy Open 2019: 8.21BCM Arya Cubing Challenge 2019: 8.65Bangladesh Cubing Fiesta 2019: 8.39Dinajpur Cubing Open 2019: 7.53PB Smashathon Delhi 2019: 8.51Bennett University Cube Open 2020: 8.47Quark Cubix Challenge 2020: 7.28EduLearn-ARIS Ghana Championship 2020: 7.73IIT Roorkee Open 2020: 8.12IISER Mohali Cube Open 2020: 8.29Cubing In Ranchi 2020: 8.02Jordan Nationals 2022: 8.04Dubai Summer Open 2022: 8.26Bulgarian Nationals 2024: 8.47Hala February Kuwait 2025: 8.41Cubing Mada Open 2025: 7.98DIA EH Cube for Change Dubai B 2026: 9.51Gurugram Cube Open 2026: 7.326.7716.1827 Jan 201219 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.