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Akhil Kota

Pyraminx · top 0.98% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013KOTA01

Akhil Kota has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Belmont Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in India. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2013, he has put 677 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:32.52 in July 2013 to 9.00, a 90% improvement. Akhil has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.98% of 129,321 all-time
1.90
signature single · Belmont Spring 2025
677
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
Pyraminx1.902.81
top 0.98%43 / 8,934
2×21.742.81
top 3.3%242 / 12,146
3×39.0010.74
top 4.9%493 / 20,018
Megaminx59.431:11.56
top 9.7%76 / 1,443
Skewb3.886.79
top 10.1%257 / 3,524
Clock7.298.57
top 12.1%93 / 1,092
4×440.4648.44
top 12.7%342 / 4,186
3×3 one-handed22.4525.60
top 27.2%982 / 4,516
5×51:32.881:51.88
top 29.7%351 / 1,525
Square-131.7139.15
top 52.7%365 / 805
6×64:44.25—
early days — 1 solve402 / 531
3×3 blindfolded8:16.40—
early days — 1 solve566 / 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

Indian Cube Challenge 2013: 1:32.52P3 Grand Open - Jan 2017: 38.24Geethanjali Cube Open 2018: 27.12Hyderabad Cube Open 2018: 22.91Geethanjali Monsoon Open 2018: 18.33Cubing ATMOSphere 2018: 14.84KK Charity Cube Open 2018: 13.58Cubing For LLS Summer 2019: 13.27Deccan Cube Open July 2019: 12.26Hyderabad Cube Open 2019: 12.25Cubing ATMOSphere 2019: 9.89Cult A Way Cube Open 2020: 11.45Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 11.08UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 11.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 9.41Berkeley Summer 2024: 10.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 10.57WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024: 9.55Belmont Spring 2025: 9.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.41Davis Summer 2025: 11.10Best in West Lafayette 2025: 9.009.001:32.5219 Jul 20138 Nov 2025

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.